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Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

 
Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 77139
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite
Locality:Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Description:Unusually large plate of pale-purple amethystine quartz crystals to 9 mm completely covering one face of a plate of translucent green fluorite. A few of the larger quartz crystals have medium-purple core zones, but most crystals are pale. Collected ca. 1975. This quartz outcrop was completely excavated by open pit mining ca. 1983.
Overall Size:17x12x5 cm
Crystals:5-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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