Quartz, variety smoky quartz

Description

Quartz, variety smoky quartz, crystal showing two clearly different coexisting growth phases, deep smoky phase one and milky white phase two, from Massabe Quarry, Sils, La Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Museum reference

G.2008.13.1

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Quartz, variety smoky quartz

Collection place(s)

Sils, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, Southern Europe

Exhibitions

• Restless Earth (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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