A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Wightmanite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California |
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| Description | Wightmanite is a hydrated magnesium borate mineral, most notably found in metamorphosed limestone in a quarry at Crestmore, California. Unfortunately that quarry is no longer accessible. This sample is 8 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Riverside. Near Crestmore. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-21. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1112. |
| Key words | wightmanite, Crestmore, California |
| Tech details | 463 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 224 |
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