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Phenakite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

 
Phenakite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Phenakite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Phenakite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Phenakite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 76801
Mineral:Phenakite
Locality:Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
Description:Two interconnected lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless phenakite (phenacite) crystals with no matrix attached. The phenakite crystals have microscopic dark inclusions of an unidentified mineral, possibly muscovite. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:10x7x7 mm
Crystals:5-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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