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Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA


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Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
© 2001 John H. Betts
Description
Comments:If only these perched doubly terminated xls were water clear like the Big Rig specimens
Habit:Hexagonal prisms with simple rhomb terminations to 7 cm
Colour:slight yellowish white
UV Fluorescence:SW- dull orange; MW- magenta-pink; LW- dull orange
Quality of samples:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:[www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
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