AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Chile > Penfieldite with Boleite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 57876 |
Mineral: | Penfieldite with Boleite |
Locality: | Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile |
Description: | Vuggy matrix with many cavities lined with elongated tapered hexagonal colorless transparent penfieldite crystals to 2.5 mm with translucent blue boleite crystals to 0.1 mm. The penfieldite fluoresces yellow under SW UV illumination. Collected by T. Szenics in August 2001; ex. Betts #14226 |
Overall Size: | 5.5x3x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 2.5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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