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Aragonite from Northern Lights Mine, Black Mountain, Mountain View District, Mineral County, Nevada

 
Aragonite from Northern Lights Mine, Black Mountain, Mountain View District, Mineral County, Nevada

Aragonite from Northern Lights Mine, Black Mountain, Mountain View District, Mineral County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Aragonite from Northern Lights Mine, Black Mountain, Mountain View District, Mineral County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 60433
Mineral:Aragonite
Locality:Northern Lights Mine, Black Mountain, Mountain View District, Mineral County, Nevada
Description:Lustrous elongated scalenohedral transparent pale-brown aragonite crystals that fluoresce white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresce after illumination is extinguished.
Overall Size:5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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