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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81925 |
| Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
| Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada |
| Description: | Unusually large (49 mm!) lustrous transparent-to-translucent green vesuvianite crystal with no matrix attached. The vesuvianite crystal has flat prism faces on the front, and complex parallel faces on the rear where it grew against another crystal. Ex. Bill Shelton collection #17, collected by Shelton in 1956 |
| Overall Size: | 49x14x11 mm |
| Crystals: | 49 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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