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Quartz with green phantom inclusions from Hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

 
Quartz with green phantom inclusions from Hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Quartz with green phantom inclusions from Hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Quartz with green phantom inclusions from Hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 57150
Mineral:Quartz with green phantom inclusions
Locality:Hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals with green copper-rich microscopic inclusions forming internal phantom zones. Note from Shannon indicates the green is not malachite, but definitely a copper mineral (chrysocolla?). Collected by David M. Shannon (1942-2004)
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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