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Milky quartz — specimen 0282, photo © NMNHS
Milky quartz — specimen 0282, photo © NMNHS

Milky quartz — specimen 0282

Origin

South Asia
Afghanistan
Milky quartz — specimen 0282, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.94 ct; size: 6.47 | 5.66 | 4.72 mm; shape: hexagon; colour: very light grey; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Six-Four’ by William G. Movins, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
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More information from ‘Classification’

Milky quartz

A semi-transparent to opaque white-coloured variety of quartz.


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