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Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

 
Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

Turquoise from Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia

DESCRIPTION:No. 81362
Mineral:Turquoise
Locality:Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia
Description:Double-sided cluster of transparent blue turquoise crystals in spherical aggregates to 1.5 mm diameter intermixed with muscovite mica and colorless quartz. Turquoise rosettes like this are not typical for this old mine that closed in 1910. Ex. J. Turek collection; acquired from Sal Avella (1928-2013); from the Harvard University Museum collection
Overall Size:33x27x13 mm
Crystals:micro
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