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Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

 
Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 71976
Mineral:Vanadinite
Locality:Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous translucent yellow-brown vanadinite crystals to 4.5 mm over an earlier generation of yellow vanadinite microcrystals covering one face of gray matrix. The vanadinite crystals are equant hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 4.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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