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Quartz on Rhodochrosite from Emma Mine, Butte District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

 
Quartz on Rhodochrosite from Emma Mine, Butte District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

Quartz on Rhodochrosite from Emma Mine, Butte District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

DESCRIPTION:No. 72084
Mineral:Quartz on Rhodochrosite
Locality:Emma Mine, Butte District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana
Description:Lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 16 mm on a matrix of rhombohedral translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 10 mm. the front faces of the rhodochrosite crystals are cleavage planes. Ex. Robert E. (Bob) Jenkins II (?-2010)
Overall Size:25x23x11 mm
Crystals:2-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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