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1 cm. galena two opposite views.

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1 cm. hoppered galena

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1.5 meters. The muscovite and albi

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10 cm. front view

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10 cm. prehnite and calcite, with

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10 cm. Prehnite with calcite cast

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10 cm. wide field of view.

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11 cm. calcite and minor quartz, h

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11cm. Prehnite from Southbury Ct..

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12 cm. plate of unprepared babingt

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12 cm. quartz with a smaller frien

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12x12 cm.

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15 cm. quartz on dolostone, freshl

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18 cm.

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18 cm., with calcite and dolostone

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3.5 cm. clear floater.

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30 ton ram setup, helps to loosen

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30 tons of hydraulic push exploit

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37 cm. high half-pipe of albite, m

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38 cm. wide seam filling

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4 cm. smokey

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4 cm. smokey

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6 cm. or larger, smoky crystal, st

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6 cm. quartz on fungus.

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65 cm. Garter snake. Harmless.

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6x3.5 cm.

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7x5cm. quartz

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8 cm. quartz in a small pocket.

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8cm. Quartz with iron stain-found

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A bit of ore, pyrite and other com

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A cleaned IMG.2114.JPG.

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A days work cleaning out druzy qua

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A days worth of making big rocks i

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A fruitful trim (or lucky). The qu

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A model of an ore separator.

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A quick cleaning, prehnite and bab

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A steam manifold at the rear of th

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A steam powered winch. The steam c

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A tidy work place will soon be a m

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A trillion Triliums.

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After removing a block that Jack h

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Alice is on the right. They use th

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All of these rather unremarkable c

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Almandine Garnet
Russell, Hampden

Almandine
Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Almandine
Russell, Hampden Cou

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Aluminum blocks allow flexibility

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Amethyst
Aggregate Quarry,

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Amish meets excavator. You'll noti

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An earlier view of the hole.

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And as the sun sinks on another se

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And mostly we look for these.

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And those.

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And.

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Another cluster in the same area.

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Anthraxolite with centimeter+ size

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Anthraxolite
Fonda, Montgomery

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Anthraxsolite
Fonda, NY., USA

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Apophyllite, 8x7 cm., Southbury, C

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As my friend's children grow out o

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Average 15 to 20 cm.

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Babingtonite and prehnite, 5x7 cm.

Babingtonite on Prehnite
Holyoke 'traps', Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
12 cm. wide x 6 cm. high. (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite on P
Holyoke 'tra

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Babingtonite on q
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Babingtonite with
Westfield, Hampde

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Babingtonite. FOV. @10 cm.

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Brushy Creek Galena

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Calcite (Siliceou
Shannon County, S

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Calcite amethysti
Lane / Hampden Qu

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Calcite amethysti
Lane / Hampden Qu

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Calcite on epidot
Lane quarry, Hamp

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Calcite on prehni
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Calcite on prehni
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Calcite twin
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Calcite
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Chrysocolla,
Lane Quarry, West

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Close up of cobbing shack in the d

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Close up of large the piece from p

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Close up of the vug.

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Close-up of the 20 cm. vug. In sit

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Core samples foun
Larger one is @30

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Crystal size 7x7 cm.

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Datolite,
Lane Quarry, West

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Datolite, Calcite
Westfield, Hampde

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Datolite
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Deer slugs? Could not resist.

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Dig, we must.

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Dolomite on quartz. Vug size 14cm.

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Dolostone and silica.

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Druzy quartz, the other part of th

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Except. You know
Thanks again.

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Farmland, much of it worked by the

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Field of view 17 cm.

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Field of view is 2cm., with minor

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Fluorite, calcite
Denton Mine, Harr

Fluorite
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
10 cm., top to bottom. (Author: vic rzonca)

Fluorite
William Wise Mine, We

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For scale.

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Fossilized feather from Douglas Pa

From 65 to 5, they get it done. (Autor: vic rzonca)

From 65 to 5, they get it done.

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm Road, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
'fingers scale' (Author: vic rzonca)

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm R

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm Road, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
'fingers scale' (Author: vic rzonca)

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm R

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Galena on quartz
Loudville Lead Mi

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Galena
Picher, Ottawa Co

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Get in! You're late!

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Goethite on Quart
South Hampton, Ma

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Goethite
Pelican Point, Ut

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Good help is hard to find.

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Ground score.

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Hard working Amish youth with the

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Head frame.

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Hericium americium, lions mane edi

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Herk.jpg

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Hold er Newt !!! She's headed for

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Human for scale.

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I think we're into something here.

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I'm fairly sure that the ore enter

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I'm tellin ya Newt, we're broke!

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If I got this rig
ah, just let me s

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In decending order left to right.

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Incline shaft of the Elkhorn mine

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Iron plate over an iron grate, for

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It's about 40 cm wide by 30 cm hig

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Julgoldite (Pumpe
Southbury, New Ha

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Just kidding.

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Lake County Road 38, east.

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Lane.jpg

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Large piece around 30cm.

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Largest compound crystal 1 cm.

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Last thursday they blasted at Lane

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Let loose from the enclosing dirt

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Life is dangerous. It's more dange

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Looking back toward the cobbing sh

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Looking east toward Mosquito Pass.

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Looking NW from the bench

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Looking south from nearly the high

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Looking toward the location of the

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Looking west toward Leadville, jus

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Looks better in person.

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Looks better in person.

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LowellShaftBisbeeAz.jpg

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Malachite
Westfield, Hampde

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Man at work, upper bench.

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Many single crystals, classic quar

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Mines, cobbing shack and dumps of

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MiningTownRPPC2-1.jpg

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Mostly prehnite a
All Westfield, Ma

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Moved mostly by hand. It can be fu

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Moved mostly by hand. We do have m

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My chum for scale.

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Natural quartz sp
Fonda, Mohawk Tow

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Nice, new trowel.

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Not much to look at, really.

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Offset at the fault line of the Ho

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One more for the guys who toiled o

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One of my collecting chums with a

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One of the work areas. The larger

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Ore bucket.

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Ore teams and more in Idaho Spring

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Pale tourmaline in pocket sand mad

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Part of a old stone wall at the si

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Pocket in a just released block.

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Prehnite and babingtonite.

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Prehnite cast aft
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Prehnite cast aft
Lane Quarry, Hamp

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Prehnite casts after anhydrite. Si

Prehnite on Epidote
Holyoke 'traps', Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
6 cm wide x 3 cm high x 8 cm deep (front to back). (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite on Epido
Holyoke 'tra

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Prehnite, 10 cm. in diameter vug,

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Prehnite, 10x12 cm.

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Prehnite, calcite
Lane / Hampden Qu

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Prehnite
O&G Trap Quar

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Prehnite
O&G Trap Quar

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Prehnite
Southbury, New Ha

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Prehnite
Southbury, New Ha

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Prehnite
Southbury, New Ha

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Prehnite
Southbury, New Ha

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Prenhite and Calc
Westfield, Hampde

Quartz (Autor: vic rzonca)

Quartz

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Quartz 20x36 cm.

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Quartz 5x7cm. Found at the hight o

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Quartz 7 cm.

Quartz and anthraxolite
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Quartz is 10cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz and anthra
Turtle Clan

Quartz on Dolomite.
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
@15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on Dolomit
Turtle Clan

Quartz on dolostone
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on dolosto
Turtle Clan

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Quartz pocket.

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Quartz scepter
Petersen Mts., Wa

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Quartz, 14 cm., Fonda, NY.

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Quartz, 6x4.5 cm. Fonda, NY.

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Quartz, 7 cm. long. Fonda, NY.

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Quartz, 8 cm. tall. Fonda NY.

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Quartz, amazonite
Colorado

Quartz, Feldspar and Muscovite.
Raccoon Gulch (Gulch locality), Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
FOV 10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, Feldspar
Raccoon Gulc

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Quartz, Tessin ha
Spruce Hill, New

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Quartz, the crystal is 6x4.5 cm.,

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Quartz.

Quartz.
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA
Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz.
Little Falls, Herkimer

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Quartz
Fonda, Montgomery

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, New York,

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Quartz
Fonda, NY., USA

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Quartz
Lane Quarry, West

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Quartz
Moosup, Connectic

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Quartz
Moosup, Plainfiel

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Quartz
Moosup, Plainfiel

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Quartz
Spruce Hill, Alba

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Quartz
Stafford, Connect

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Quartz
Stafford, Tolland

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Quartz
Thunder Bay

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Quartz
various locations

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
@ 12 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome

Quartz
Diamond Hill, Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Diamond Hill, Ashaway,

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
1.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome