Photos of Wisconsin Quartz

 

Quartz, Dresser, WI

Quartz, Dresser Trap Rock Quarry, Polk County, WI. Crystal about 0.5 cm. high.

 

Quartz, Hudson, WI

Quartz crystals in vug showing phantoms. Hanley road road cut, Hudson, St. Croix county, Wisconsin. field of view is about 2 cm. U.W. River Falls Specimen. Pete Rodewald photograph.

 

Quartz, Wausau, WI

Smoky Quartz on pink K feldspar, from a pegmatite in the "rotten granite quarries" south of Rib Mountain, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Sample is 10 cm. high. Tom Buchholz specimen. Pete Rodewald photograph.

 

Quartz, Oconto County, WI

Quartz in vug in quartzite. Quartz Hill, near McCaslin Mountain, Oconto County, WI. Vug is about 5 cm. across.

 

Agate, River Falls, WI

Quartz as a Lake Superior agate recovered from glacial outwash from near River Falls, Pierce County, Wisconsin. Agate about 3 cm. across. Pete Rodewald specimen and photograph.

 

Agate in Douglas County, WI

Quartz as a Lake Superior agate in basalt. South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin. Pete Rodewald photograph.

 

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