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Tilleyite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Tilleyite)

 
Tilleyite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Tilleyite)

Tilleyite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Tilleyite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Tilleyite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Tilleyite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 43889
Mineral:Tilleyite
Locality:Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Tilleyite)
Description:Fibrous white tilleyite crystals scattered in lenses and thin veins on calcite-rich matrix. ex. Joseph J. Urban (1915-1997)
Overall Size:5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:1-2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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