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Eilat Stone
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Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
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| Name: | Named for the locality Eilat, Israel | ||
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| A Mixture Of: | Azurite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pseudomalachite, Turquoise | ||
Eilat Stone is the name for a green-blue inhomogeneous mixture of several secondary copper minerals including malachite, azurite, turquoise, pseudomalachite, chrysocolla and others. The Eilat stone is the National stone of Israel, and is also known as the King Solomon Stone. (Caveat emptor: The blue and green stones sold in tourist souvenir shops are generally imported from foreign copper mines, and are not really from Israel, which is of little importance to the tourists but has to be considered by serious mineral collectors.)
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(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
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