Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA

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Corundum (Var: Ruby) : Al₂O₃
	Propst Farm, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA 12x12x6mm tabular ruby crystal. Collected by, photographed by, and in the collection of Keith Wood.
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 6202 View Count: 594
Corundum (Var: Sapphire) : Al₂O₃
	Propst Farm, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA This is a collection of 4 purple sapphires I collected at the Propst farm site in North Carolina. The second crystal from the right is approximately 1/2" x 1/2".
	Photo ID: 130169 View Count: 222
Corundum (Var: Sapphire) : Al₂O₃
	Propst Farm, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA Double terminated purple sapphire (corundum) found on Propst farm. Approx size is 1/2" x 1/2".
	Photo ID: 130168 View Count: 157
Magnetite : Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
	Propst Farm, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA Magnetite from the Propst farm location in North Carolina. The specimen is approx 3/8" x 3/8". It still has a slight coating from the red clay that it was removed from.
	Photo ID: 130198 View Count: 124
Muscovite : KAl₂[(OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀]
	Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA Thin crystals of transparent muscovite mica with beautiful inclusions of garnet and rutile(?). The inclusions are three colors, black, translucent gray, and orange. Looks cool under magnification! Overall size of mineral specimen: 10x9x.1 xm. Size of individual crystals: 10 cm.
© 2003 John H. Betts	Photo ID: 7440 View Count: 449
Quartz : SiO₂
	Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA Single 3.2cm doubly terminated quartz with red mud inclusions. Photographed by, and in the collection of Karl Volkman.
© Karl Volkman	Photo ID: 8571 View Count: 344
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO₂
	Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA This new find of amethyst at the Reel Mine was one of the exciting events of earlier this year. They turned up at Tucson, and while the prices were very high, they still sold hotly. This specimen has crystals with a fine lavender blush and gemmy tips. 5.7 x 5.0 x 3.7cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 41625 View Count: 324
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO₂
	Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA 3.4cm x 4.7cm x 2.8cm A very fine dark amethyst from a famous NC location. It has been getting harder over the years to locate pockets of good amethyst from this location. Purchased from the QUINN COLLECTION January 2004.
© Danny Jones	Photo ID: 175643 View Count: 123
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO₂
	Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA 12.9 x 9.4 x 6.6 cm. This is a spectacular and large North Carolina specimen - a huge compound crystal intergrown with a second crystal, on a thin sheet of matrix. The compound crystal is complete all around and doubly-terminated, with multiple terminations on one end. The crystal intergrown with it is also complete and undamaged (it has only one ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 122888 View Count: 98
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO₂
	Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA 2.8cm x 2.3cm x 1.3cm A cluster of perfect double terminated light amethyst crystals from North Carolina. This came into my collection as a gift from another older collector in the late 1960's. Collection of Danny Jones
© Danny Jones	Photo ID: 179065 View Count: 93