Muzo habit light-amethystine QUARTZ \
Cedar Ponds, near Sultan, Washington
Size: ~1 inch tall
Note: Muzo habit is a rare quartz habit with crystals exhibiting only three prism faces near the termination.
In the above specimen, where the three alternating prism faces pinch out (one of which resembles a phantom),
rhombohedral faces begin to alternate, giving the edges of the three prism faces a jagged, sawtooth appearance.
Collected 2008

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