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Papagoite from New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona (Type Locality for Papagoite)

 
Papagoite from New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona (Type Locality for Papagoite)

Papagoite from New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona (Type Locality for Papagoite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 45211
Mineral:Papagoite
Locality:New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona (Type Locality for Papagoite)
Description:Well crystallized transparent blue papagoite crystals on one face of a small fragment of matrix. The largest papagoite crystal is almost 1 mm long - about the largest known of this rare species. Ex. Chas. W. Velte Jr. (1914-1987)
Overall Size:7x6x5 mm
Crystals:0.2-0.9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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