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Quartz with Ajoite inclusions from Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa

 
Quartz with Ajoite inclusions from Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Quartz with Ajoite inclusions from Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 57805
Mineral:Quartz with Ajoite inclusions
Locality:Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystal with phantom-growth zone of acicular blue-green ajoite microcrystals included inside. Collected ca. 1987
Overall Size:18x12x8 mm
Crystals:18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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