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Description: | A specimen of a mineral identified as Quartz. The specimen is grey in colour and forms a square shaped honeycomb structure with three layers. The honeycomb structure has formed where limestone has dissolved leaving the quartz veins. The walls are 1mm to 6mm thick. Many have been broken. Quartz crystals can be seen along these broken edges. AR/CB
A specimen of the mineral Quartz | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Mineralogy Geology | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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