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Phenakite with Muscovite and Albite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

 
Phenakite with Muscovite and Albite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Phenakite with Muscovite and Albite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 74717
Mineral:Phenakite with Muscovite and Albite
Locality:Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous translucent gray phenakite crystal with muscovite mica crystals and bladed white albite around the outer edges where it was attached. The phenakite crystal has striated prism faces with white pocket clay on the bottom. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:11x8x6 mm
Crystals:9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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