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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 78296
Mineral:Hydrozincite with Hemimorphite
Locality:Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada
Description:Pristine white acicular hydrozincite crystals to 3 mm overgrown with lustrous transparent colorless hemimorphite crystals to 3 mm in shallow cavities. The hydrozincite fluoresces white under SW UV and orange-white under LW UV illumination. Ex. Earl Verbeek collection; collected in 1994 by Kim Cathcart
Overall Size:10x6.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-3.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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