Mineral Glossary

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Sample Name Overview Collection Mineral Image
quartz

Collection Number: 16788
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: var. amethyst, crystals
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 11515
Cabinet number: 100 disp.
Comments: var. chalcedony, tiger’s eye
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16726
Cabinet number: 100-8-4
Comments: bladed crystals, w/ pyrite
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 13596
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, "porcelain" jasper
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 12297
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: milky
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 11092
Cabinet number: 100-8-6
Comments: var. chalcedony, botryoidal to stalactitic, w/ jasper
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16908
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, chrysoprase
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16789
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: var. amethyst
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 12510
Cabinet number: hall 3
Comments: var. chalcedony, silicified wood, polished, limb section
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16727
Cabinet number: 100-8-4
Comments: secondary crystals on vein filling
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 13597
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, jasper
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 12469
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: var. amethyst, crystal
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 11126
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: prism
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16909
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, flint. Ballast from British warships, War of 1812, Battle of Baltimore
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16790
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: var. amethyst, doubly-terminated crystal
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 14238
Cabinet number: 100-8-8, hall 1
Comments: var. chalcedony, tiger’s eye, pseudomorph after crocidolite
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16728
Cabinet number: 100-8-4
Comments: crystal on chert
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 13598
Cabinet number: 100-8-8
Comments: var. opal
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 12470
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: prisms
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 11141
Cabinet number: 100-8-5
Comments: cleaved
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16910
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, var. flint
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16791
Cabinet number: 100-8-6
Comments: var. aventurine
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 14036
Cabinet number: hall 3
Comments: “rutilated”, fine hairs of rutile in quartz
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16729
Cabinet number: 100-8-4
Comments: parallel crystal faces
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 13599
Cabinet number: 100-8-8
Comments: var. opal, hyalite
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 12848
Cabinet number: 100-8-6
Comments: var. rose
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 11176
Cabinet number: 100-8-8
Comments: var. opal, hyalite
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16911
Cabinet number: 100-8-7
Comments: var. chalcedony, var. flint
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 16792
Cabinet number: 100-8-6
Comments: var. citrine, crystals
School: UMN

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quartz

Collection Number: 17628
Cabinet number: --
Comments: Amethyst variety
School: UMN

Deborah Decker-Roman quartz