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Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

 
Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions from Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas

DESCRIPTION:No. 77179
Mineral:Quartz with Chlorite phantom-growth inclusions
Locality:Pencil Bluff, 64 km WNW of Hot Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals with phantom-growth green chlorite inclusions. The phantom zones formed where the quartz was coated with chlorite, then continued to grown, encapsulating the chlorite within the quartz. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:34x10x9 mm
Crystals:7-34 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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