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Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

 
Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

Penfieldite with Boleite from Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile

DESCRIPTION:No. 70974
Mineral:Penfieldite with Boleite
Locality:Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless penfieldite crystals on matrix with blue boleite. The penfieldite crystals six-sided elongated tapering crystals with minute striations. The penfieldite fluoresces yellow under SW UV illumination. Ex. T. Dunne; ex. Betts #40786. Collected August 2001
Overall Size:3.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-1.2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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