Quartz, variety smoky quartz

Description

Quartz, variety smoky quartz - a dark brown prismatic crystal - from Sterling Hill, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

Museum reference

G.1894.212.350

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Quartz, variety smoky quartz

Collection place(s)

Sterling Hill, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828 - 1897

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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