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Turquoise

Charles Trantham Estate (1936-2020)
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Description
Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

A beautiful crystalline carpet composed of individual crystalline rosettes of turquoise from one of the world's best localities for turquoise crystals.   Beautiful under the microscope or to the naked eye.

From the estate of noted California collector and dealer Charles Trantham.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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