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Hemimorphite over Smithsonite from Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

 
Hemimorphite over Smithsonite from Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

Hemimorphite over Smithsonite from Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

Hemimorphite over Smithsonite from Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hemimorphite over Smithsonite from Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 75368
Mineral:Hemimorphite over Smithsonite
Locality:Dauntless Mine, White Pine County, Nevada
Description:Lustrous colorless-to-white hemimorphite crystals overgrown on brown botryoidal smithsonite microcrystals covering a shallow cavity in brown gossan. The hemimorphite crystals vary from translucent to transparent and have lustrous crystal faces. Collected ca. 1998
Overall Size:4x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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