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Vesuvianite var. Wiluite from riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Wiluite)

 
Vesuvianite var. Wiluite from riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Wiluite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 4942
Mineral:Vesuvianite var. Wiluite
Locality:riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Wiluite)
Description:Single euhedral crystal of black vesuvianite with partial coating of unknown white mineral (calcite?). Old pen and ink label ca. 1900. ex. J. Cilen #8381a
Overall Size:2.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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