- Title:
- Aventurine
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Poorly-formed hexagonal crystals of Aventurine (green quartz) Crystals are prismatic and dark green in colour. The colour itself is caused by scales of mica or goethite within the crystal. Aventurine is set on a base of banded, psammite looking rock.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE11980
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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