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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

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/97814f07-c01f-39d5-a029-955f4ff1263c

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/97814f07-c01f-39d5-a029-955f4ff1263c, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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