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Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

 
Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

Quartz with pseudomorphic casts from Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 65165
Mineral:Quartz with pseudomorphic casts
Locality:Ouray District, Ouray County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 11 mm lining the surfaces of pseudomorphic casts after a bladed mineral, possibly barite. That mineral formed first, was overgrown with quartz, when it dissolved it left impressions of flat crystal faces. Ex. D. Miller collection #M133
Overall Size:9x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:2-11 mm
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