Specimen #2241

Name: Quartz

Type: Micromount

Locality: Beryllium Virgin Claim, Paramount Canyon, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2011-03-26

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: A most unusual specimen! Lustrous colourless prismatic Quartz crystals in a vug in matrix. The largest crystal is bi-coloured, the "head" is opaque white. Not sure why I could not get the base of the crystal into sharp focus.

Minerals: Quartz (SiO₂)

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Quartz, Beryllium Virgin Claim, Paramount Canyon, Sierra Co., New Mexico - FOV: 1.3 x 1.9 mm (27 stacked images)