Quartz
Boylston quarry, Boylston, Guysborough District Municipality, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
6.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm
This road fill quarry has produced some beautiful specimens of crystallized quartz over the years, with a characteristic red to orange hue caused from iron inclusions/coatings, somewhat similar to the more well-known specimens from the Orange River in Namibia and South Africa. What sets the pieces from the Boylston quarry ...
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