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Senegalite and Turquoise from Kouroudaiko Iron Deposit, Faleme River, Senegal (Type Locality for Senegalite)

 
Senegalite and Turquoise from Kouroudaiko Iron Deposit, Faleme River, Senegal (Type Locality for Senegalite)

Senegalite and Turquoise from Kouroudaiko Iron Deposit, Faleme River, Senegal (Type Locality for Senegalite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 63449
Mineral:Senegalite and Turquoise
Locality:Kouroudaiko Iron Deposit, Faleme River, Senegal (Type Locality for Senegalite)
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow-green senegalite crystals over an earlier generation of blue turquoise lining a shallow cavity in brown gossan. Ex. Mort Metersky collection
Overall Size:26x19x14 mm
Crystals:1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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