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Smaragdite from
Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina, USA

Description
Comments:Work done by Excalbur Mineral Corp, using XRD and EDS support this is an amphibole of the iron-deficient potassic-chloropargasite group. Catalog No. 21201 listing.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Kunz,1892: Gems & Precious Stones of N. America, p.150.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smaragdite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina, USA
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