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Prehnite with Native Copper from Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland

 
Prehnite with Native Copper from Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland

Prehnite with Native Copper from Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland

Prehnite with Native Copper from Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland

DESCRIPTION:No. 54408
Mineral:Prehnite with Native Copper
Locality:Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland
Description:Translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals to 6 mm in hemispherical aggregates to 17 mm with a small patch of metallic native copper on a bottom corner. The prehnite crystals have a silky surface luster caused by many microscopic crystal faces. Collected November 2007 by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:5.5x4x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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