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Woodhouseite with Quartz from Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)

 
Woodhouseite with Quartz from Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)

Woodhouseite with Quartz from Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)

Woodhouseite with Quartz from Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)

Woodhouseite with Quartz from Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 72609
Mineral:Woodhouseite with Quartz
Locality:Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite)
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-yellow woodhouseite crystals to 1.8 mm lining one face of matrix with a 5 mm quartz crystal on the right edge. The woodhouseite crystals are pseudo-rhombohedral form with striated faces typical of this rare compound phosphate. Ex. Mort Metersky collection
Overall Size:24x18x15 mm
Crystals:0.5-5.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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