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Title:
Sard
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:
Brown Sard. Sard is a type of transleucent cryptocrystalline quartz similar to chalcedony. Sample is a deep orange-brown in colour, is transleucent, is not truely banded however there is some internal colour variation, especially near flaws. The front fac
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:
GE12242
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed717834-e684-31ff-8181-a29a290ef323

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed717834-e684-31ff-8181-a29a290ef323, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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