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Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

 
Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Descloizite on Calcite from Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 81411
Mineral:Descloizite on Calcite
Locality:Prince Mine, north slope of Prince Mountain, Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent orange-brown descloizite crystals to 0.3 mm on translucent white calcite covering one face of a plate of matrix. The calcite fluoresces white under longwave UV illumination, the descloizite crystals do not fluoresce. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2009; collected by Ted Johnson
Overall Size:10.5x5x1.5 cm
Crystals:0.1-0.3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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