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The Brushy Mountain, aka Mule Creek, quartz crystal area is located on the Arizona-New Mexico border in Grant County, New Mexico. The quartz crystals formed in cavities in a rhyolite rock. Most of the crystals are small (1-8 cm on average), and rather heavily included, but they are typically a light amethystine color and display unusual crystal shapes. Many of the crystals are scepters with skeletal habit. The above specimen is one of those rare pieces that could be recovered still attached to matrix. This specimen is a rare reverse scepter on a well-formed scepter. The odd shape reminds me of a Russian Soyuz Rocket ready for blast-off. (m493 is priced at $20.00)

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If you would like to view a Google Earth Tour of this collecting locale you may wish to check out this web page.