| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Quartz epimorphs of Anhydrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 34104 |
| Mineral: | Quartz epimorphs of Anhydrite |
| Locality: | Silver Point Mine, Ouray County, Colorado |
| Description: | Colorless quartz crystals up to 8 mm long that formed over large anhydrite crystals resulting in flat surfaces (casts) on the rear from anhydrite that naturally dissolved away. The resulting specimen has a sculptural shape of blocky geometry. Collected in the early 1980s |
| Overall Size: | 10x7x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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