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Molybdenite, Actinolite, Powellite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

 
Molybdenite, Actinolite, Powellite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

Molybdenite, Actinolite, Powellite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Molybdenite, Actinolite, Powellite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

DESCRIPTION:No. 38137
Mineral:Molybdenite, Actinolite, Powellite
Locality:Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah
Description:Unusual skarn assemblage of metallic molybdenite crystals up to 9 mm enclosed in green actinolite crystals up to 35 mm. Areas fluoresce yellow under UV illumination indicating the presence of powellite. Ex. Otto Reiter collection.
Overall Size:8x5x3 cm
Crystals:3-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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