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Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

 
Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 80899
Mineral:Quartz var. Skeletal Smoky Quartz
Locality:railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York
Description:Lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystal exhibiting skeletal crystal habit of stepped parallel layered faces with brown pocket mud in the skeletal voids. This is one of the few large crystals from this obscure locality. Ex. Miller #M3569; ex. E. Greene private collection #QUZ-368, collected June 1998
Overall Size:7x5.5x4 cm
Crystals:55 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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