- Title:
- Transparent Quartz crystal
- 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:
- Crystal of transparent, colourless quartz. Crystal is a flattened hexagonal prism, has a glassy lustre, is harder than steel and is twinned (very small hexagonal prism grown on one side). Crystal faces have horizontal striations.
- 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:
- GE11987
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d6821792-0629-3216-9dde-e960722bfd2e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d6821792-0629-3216-9dde-e960722bfd2e, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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