Orange Quartz

Object/Artifact

-

Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Orange Quartz

Entry/Object ID

2004.1.138

Description

Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal System: Tetragonal System Description: Common Name: Quartz Group Name: Quartz Chemistry: SiO2 Location: 2nd Sovietski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia Description: Orange quartz crystals with some chalky calcite material. Appears to be on a pyrite matrix. ***Old Description Chemical Composition: CaF2 Description: Common Name: Fluorite/Hydrozincite Group Name: Chemistry: CaF2 Location: Description: May possibly be something else. Can't find on the list.

Collection

Suomynona Mineral Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2004.1

Source or Donor

Suomynona Mineral Collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Dimensions

Width

2-3/4 in

Depth

3-3/4 in

Length

7 in

Dimension Notes

Dimension taken at widest points

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Mentzer Hall, MH-11

Category

Exhibit

Moved By

Jillian Mather Kettley

Date

September 12, 2025

Notes

Location added when performing inventory

Location

Room

Neil Johnson

Building

Attic Storage

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Lehman R.

Date

August 28, 2009