AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Phenakite and Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 43373 |
Mineral: | Phenakite and Quartz |
Locality: | Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado |
Description: | Transparent pale sherry-colored to colorless phenakite crystals up to 4 mm long with colorless quartz crystals up to 9 mm long. The specimen is concave on the rear, indicating it grew over an unknown prismatic hexagonal mineral, possibly quartz or beryl. |
Overall Size: | 27x13x7 mm |
Crystals: | 1-9 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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