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Quartz, variety agate

Description

Quartz, variety agate - blue-grey banded with pink and brown zoning and a common quartz infill - one face polished - from Blue Hole, Usan, Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus

Museum reference

G.210.410

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Quartz, variety agate

Collection place(s)

Blue Hole, Usan, Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828 - 1897
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