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Wickenburgite with Willemite from Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)

 
Wickenburgite with Willemite from Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)

Wickenburgite with Willemite from Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)

Wickenburgite with Willemite from Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wickenburgite with Willemite from Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 58632
Mineral:Wickenburgite with Willemite
Locality:Potter-Cramer Mine, near Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Type Locality for Wickenburgite)
Description:Translucent gray bladed wickenburgite microcrystals in patches on light-brown matrix with lustrous translucent colorless willemite microcrystals. The wickenburgite fluoresces red under SW UV illumination and the willemite fluoresces blue-white. Ex. American Museum of Natural History #38114, acquired with the Thompson Fund
Overall Size:6x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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