| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from England > Turquoise with Cassiterite var. Varlamoffite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 39108 |
| Mineral: | Turquoise with Cassiterite var. Varlamoffite |
| Locality: | Bunny Mine, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
| Description: | Spherical crystals of blue-green turquoise up to 0.2 mm diameter in cavities with earth yellow-brown Fe-(OH) -rich cassiterite (originally the obsolete mineral species Varlamoffite). Crystallized turquoise is rare. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #5936; collected by Robert J. King in August, 1954 |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-0.2 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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