| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Virginia > Pyromorphite and Vauquelinite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 42563 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite and Vauquelinite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Allah Cooper (Valcooper) Mine, Contrary Creek District, near Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia |
| Description: | Brecciated milky quartz with many grass-green pyromorphite crystals lining the many cavities. One limonite-filled cavity has brown vauquelinite crystals to 0.5 mm (new mineral for Virginia). The cavities protected the pyromorphite crystals from damage. Refer to: Virginia Minerals, vol. 50 #2, May 2007 and Mineral News August 2008 |
| Overall Size: | 9x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-2.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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