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Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

 
Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite from Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 60621
Mineral:Austinite, Adamite, Talmessite
Locality:Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah (Type Locality for Austinite)
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless austinite crystals over brown limonite gossan with spherical aggregates of colorless-white talmessite and pale-yellow wedge-shaped adamite crystals that fluoresce green under SW UV illumination. Ex Jeff Weissman collection #4473c
Overall Size:4x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:0.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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