Hydroxylherderite, Quartz
Blue Chihuahua Mine, Iron Spring Mountain, Cooper Canyon Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
5.3 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm. A sharp, lustrous, doubly terminated, 2.3 cm, off-white hydroxylherderite crystal is perched on the side of two, intergrown, glassy and translucent, smoky quartz crystals. Ex Chuck Houser Collection and 1960s/1970s era Dawson’s Minerals label. Norm Dawson was the owner and operator of the White Queen Mine from 1948-1992.
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