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Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hyalite Opal from Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 81278
Mineral:Hyalite Opal
Locality:Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless hyalite opal in rounded aggregates to 18 mm diameter on an earlier generation of translucent gray lining the inner surfaces of a geode. The hyalite opal fluoresces bright green under longwave and shortwave UV illumination. New find in 2021; ex. Marshall Sussman
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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