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Quartz with internal phantom-growth zoning over Calcite from Mina San Antonio, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 81126
Mineral:	Quartz with internal phantom-growth zoning over Calcite
Locality:	Mina San Antonio, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:	Hemispherical cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless quartz crystals to 16 mm, with pale-purple internal phantom-growth zones in the large crystals, over translucent colorless calcite crystals to 11 mm that fluoresce orange under LW UV. Ex. Miller #M2131; originally acquired in 2006
Overall Size:	8x8x4.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 16 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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