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Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

 
Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite from North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 76783
Mineral:Analcime with Laumontite pseudomorphs after Apophyllite
Locality:North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous trapezohedral white analcime crystals to 16 mm with yellow laumontite pseudomorphs after apophyllite crystals to 6 mm. On the edges, where the cores of the pseudomorphs are exposed, you can see laumontite cores with thin apophyllite veneer. Collected ca. 1985. The analcime fluoresces white under UV illumination
Overall Size:7x5x3 cm
Crystals:2-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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