AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Woodhouseite with Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72609 |
Mineral: | Woodhouseite with Quartz |
Locality: | Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California (Type Locality for Woodhouseite) |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-yellow woodhouseite crystals to 1.8 mm lining one face of matrix with a 5 mm quartz crystal on the right edge. The woodhouseite crystals are pseudo-rhombohedral form with striated faces typical of this rare compound phosphate. Ex. Mort Metersky collection |
Overall Size: | 24x18x15 mm |
Crystals: | 0.5-5.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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