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Quartz with phantom inclusions from Paradise, Butte County, California

 
Quartz with phantom inclusions from Paradise, Butte County, California

Quartz with phantom inclusions from Paradise, Butte County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 19318
Mineral:Quartz with phantom inclusions
Locality:Paradise, Butte County, California
Description:Large, transparent quartz crystals with internal phantom crystals within. Some of the phantoms are defined with blue-green spherules of another mineral (cookeite? malachite?). The largest crystal is complete and undamaged, the lower crystal is incomplete
Overall Size:11x9x6 cm
Crystals:8-11 cm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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