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Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

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Chalcedony (Var: Agate) : SiO2, Opal : SiO2·nH2O, Quartz : SiO2, Quartz (Var: Jasper) : SiO2

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Blue-gray banded agate enclosing colorless crystalline quartz and milky blue-white opal. The matrix is orange brown to reddish-brown jasper. View is about 15 mm across. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field-collected 2006.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 50788    View Count: 385

Chalcedony (Var: Agate) : SiO2

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Subject size: 33mm x 22 mm. Fluoresces green in SW ultraviolet light. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field-collected 1989.
 © 2005 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 44149    View Count: 349

Opal : SiO2·nH2O

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Length: 22.5 mm. Peter Cristofono specimen and photo. Field-collected 2006.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 50212    View Count: 332

Opal : SiO2·nH2O

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Left: 5 cm wide specimen containing bluish-white opal. Right: Same specimen fluorescing green in SW ultraviolet light. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field-collected 2006.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 50697    View Count: 255

Quartz (Var: Jasper) : SiO2

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Subject size: 38mm x 24 mm. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field-collected 1989.
 © 2004 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 25045    View Count: 464

Multiple photos availableQuartz (Var: Jasper) : SiO2

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

Origin: Rockhound State Park; Volcanic; Little Florida Mountains

Method Obtained: Surface collected without tools

Color: Red, brown, yellow, and white

Transparency: Opaque

Measurements:
Largest Specimen Width: 2 1/3 inches
Largest Specimen Length: 2 1/2 inches

Smallest Specimen Width: 1 1/2 inches
Smallest Specimen Length: 2 1/2 ...
Photo ID: 155354    View Count: 136
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