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Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:	No. 76230
Mineral:	Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite
Locality:	Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:	Many lustrous transparent pink rose quartz crystals to 1.5 mm on tan-colored albite with scattered muscovite mica. The rose quartz crystals occur in a shallow cavity with transparent colorless albite crystals to 1 mm. Rose quartz crystals are rare. Ex. Franklin Mineral Museum (N.J.); ex. Steve Murphy collection; originally acquired from Perham's (West Paris, Maine)
Overall Size:	6.5x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:	0.5-1.5 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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