Home Page	Log In	Messageboard	The Mindat Directory
Register	Search Pages	Mineral Chatroom	The Mindat Store

Quartz from
Boylston quarry, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Description
Habit:	Well formed prismatic and tabular crystals, often showing with Faden lines
Colour:	colorless, orange, red
Quality of samples:	Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Rarity at site:	Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Robinson, G.W., et al., "What's New in Minerals", Mineralogical Record, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 428, Sept-Oct 1992.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Boylston quarry, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (15 photos)

Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2013. Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them. Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Mindat does not offer minerals for sale. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register.
Current server date and time: 20th May 2013 15:35:59