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Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

 
Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 71575
Mineral:Descloizite, Calcite, Wulfenite, Quartz
Locality:Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 1.8 mm with lustrous orange-brown descloizite microcrystals in rosettes to 0.5 mm with quartz-coated bladed wulfenite crystals to 2.5 mm. The calcite crystals fluoresce white under SW UV illumination. From my personal collection; collected in 1995. For locality info see: The Finch Mine and Vicinity, Gila County, Arizona in Mineralogical Record v.26 #5
Overall Size:5.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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