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Vanadinite and Calcite from Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

 
Vanadinite and Calcite from Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Vanadinite and Calcite from Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Vanadinite and Calcite from Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 72867
Mineral:Vanadinite and Calcite
Locality:Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous translucent red vanadinite crystals to 4.5 mm on translucent gray-white calcite on a fragment of gray matrix. The vanadinite crystals are hexagonal prisms with asymmetric (angled) pyramidal terminations. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:20x18x12 mm
Crystals:1-4.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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