AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Uruguay > Quartz (stalactitic) with Goethite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81145 |
Mineral: | Quartz (stalactitic) with Goethite |
Locality: | Catalan Agate-Amethyst District, Southern Paraná Basalt Basin, Artigas, Uruguay |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-gray to colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm with tapered sprays of brown goethite microcrystals. The quartz crystals grew over another unknown mineral, resulting in finger-shaped stalactites to 30 mm high. Ex. Miller #M2897 |
Overall Size: | 10x7x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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