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Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

 
Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 41415
Mineral:Vanadinite
Locality:Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous olive-brown vanadinite crystals completely coating one face of matrix. The vanadinite crystals look beautiful under magnification, doubly-terminated, barrel-shaped hexagonal prisms with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Originally collected in 1968
Overall Size:8x7x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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