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Quartz, variety agate

Description

Quartz, variety agate - blue-grey, pale grey fortification banded with pink zoning - from Ardownie Quarry, Monifieth, Angus

Museum reference

G.1993.49.3

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Quartz, variety agate

Collection place(s)

Ardownie Quarry, Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Cut and polished: Chaplin, Colin C., Reverend (NMS)
Cut and polished: Stevenson, Suzie (NMS)
Polisher: Jackson, Brian J. (NMS)
Polisher: Davidson, Peter (NMS)
Collector: Lorimer, Nicholas A., 1993 - 2000 (fl.)
Lorimer collection

Exhibitions

  • Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

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