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Quartz var. amethyst

#BM41888
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Quartz from Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, United States - BM41888
Quartz from Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, United States - BM41888

Quartz var. amethyst

#BM41888
Availability
Sold
Size
8 x 5.5 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
SiO2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, United States

A purple tipped with brown prism faces from sceptor growth and a phantom Quartz crystal showing a little chipping on the termination. Collected by John Cornish himself!

Quartz

Formula
SiO2 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Coarse, Druse, Crystalline - Fine 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
brown, colorless, violet, gray, yellow 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Trapezohedral 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
7 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
McConlogue Collection
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