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Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

 
Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 77000
Mineral:Quartz with phantom-growth zone of negative crystal cavities
Locality:Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado
Description:Several lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals with three dominant prism faces and three-faced pyramidal termination faces. One quartz crystal has a phantom-growth zone composed of negative crystal cavities (crystal-shaped hollow voids). Collected ca. 1975. This quartz outcrop was completely excavated by open pit mining ca. 1983.
Overall Size:48x35x30 mm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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