Quartz, 11656


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Description

Sample of numerous clustered, colorless, translucent, stoutly hexagonal quartz crystals on a base of massive quartz. On the underside of the base are several quartz crystals formed with stepped sides, also known as ""Babel-Quartz"".


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Date
1804
Creator
Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists