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Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

 
Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

Alterite from Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 78685
Mineral:Alterite
Locality:Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermillion Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona (Type Locality for Alterite)
Description:Lustrous translucent green alterite microcrystals coating surfaces of gray-brown petrified wood. Alterite is a rare zinc oxalate, the only known one to occur naturally. Collected in 2018
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x2.2 cm
Crystals:0.1-0.2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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