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Description: | A specimen of clear quartz with needle like minerals cutting through the centre. These structures are made of SiO2 and other impurity minerals. Some fractures run through the specimen. A small amount of matrix is present near the accession number which is pale in colour and fine grained. The specimen measures 30mm x 23mm x 14mm. The needle structure cut through the quartz in various directions. The quartz displays concoidal fractures and flat faces. Label in box with specimen reads 'Clear quartz crystals SiO2 with needle like impurity minerals'. AR/CB
A specimen of clear quartz with needle like minerals contained within. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Geology | Temporal: | Unknown | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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