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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 33802 |
| Mineral: | Turquoise Crystals on Quartz |
| Locality: | Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia |
| Description: | Sparkling microcrystals of blue-green turquoise partially coating one face of milky quartz. The turquoise crystals look beautiful under magnification: transparent, lustrous with many distinct individual crystals visible. Rare. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #202; collected in 1968 by D. Allen Penick-Virginia State Geologist |
| Overall Size: | 10x5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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