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Quartz Sceptre

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Quartz Sceptre

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Description
Locality: 
Animas District, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

 This quartz septre is actually slightly amethyst in color. It was collected from the high San Juan Mountains where the extreme freeze/thaw cycle tends to cause slight chipping. The Animas Mining District was a famous old one that saw robust activity from the 1870's to the 1960's. This crystal has slightly skeletal features.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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