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Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

 
Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hydrozincite from Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 78294
Mineral:Hydrozincite
Locality:Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada
Description:Unusually large specimen of pristine white acicular hydrozincite crystals lining shallow cavities in hydrozincite-coated matrix. The hydrozincite fluoresces bright white under SW UV illumination and orange-white under LW UV illumination. Ex. Earl Verbeek collection; collected in 1994 by Kim Cathcart
Overall Size:11x8x6 cm
Crystals:0.5-3.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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