Quartz, Petroleum

Specimen ID: 1V4-LP3

Mineral(s)
Quartz : SiO2
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
1.5cm x 1.2cm x 0.8cm
Events

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1.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm. A triangular cavity filled with yellow petroleum, with a moving methane bubble and several other tiny negative crystals with petroleum/bubbles. It also has visible asphaltite (bituminous hydrocarbons) inclusions. It fluoresces bright blue under long-wave UV.
Luciana Barbosa - 25th February 2012

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