AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Canada > Vesuvianite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 77051 |
Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada |
Description: | Intersecting groups of lustrous transparent green vesuvianite crystals with no matrix attached. The termination of the largest vesuvianite group has many complex parallel crystal faces that is indicative of cyclic twinning (rare in vesuvianite). Originally acquired in 1995 from Gilles Haineault |
Overall Size: | 29x17x13 mm |
Crystals: | 1-21 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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