Ferruginous Quartz
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Description:
A chunk of quartzite with partial coating of iron oxide. Old catalog card listed specimen as "gold ore, free milling", which is typical of gold-bearing quartz with gold not readily discernible.
- Site: SC; Cherokee Co.
- Site Number: NH44
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Chemical Composition: Tectosilicate
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Quartz
- Object Id: GM619
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