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Quartz with Siderite from Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado

 
Quartz with Siderite from Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado

Quartz with Siderite from Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado

Quartz with Siderite from Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado

Quartz with Siderite from Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 65694
Mineral:Quartz with Siderite
Locality:Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado
Description:Translucent gray quartz crystals to 22 mm with a rounded group of silky brown siderite crystals on the bottom edge. The surfaces of the quartz crystals have microcrystals of two unidentified minerals, possibly brown goethite and black hematite. Ex. D. Miller collection #M503; originally acquired in 1991
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm.
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