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Chrysocolla with Quartz coating from Twin Buttes Mine, south of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

 
Chrysocolla with Quartz coating from Twin Buttes Mine, south of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Chrysocolla with Quartz coating from Twin Buttes Mine, south of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 45677
Mineral:Chrysocolla with Quartz coating
Locality:Twin Buttes Mine, south of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Description:Thin crusts of botryoidal bluish-green chrysocolla with partial coating of sugar-like colorless translucent drusy quartz that shows the blue chrysocolla color underneath. Originally acquired in 1990 from the Lesnicks
Overall Size:7.5x6x6 cm
Crystals:0.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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