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Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

 
Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro) from Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 77484
Mineral:Quartz with moveable internal bubble (Enhydro)
Locality:Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals with minor matrix on bottom. The largest quartz crystal has a moveable bubble in one of the many internal cavities, commonly labeled as an Enhydro, or two-phase inclusion (two phases = liquid and gas). Collected ca. 1975. This quartz outcrop was completely excavated by open pit mining ca. 1983.
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:8-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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