A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Kilbourne Hole |
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| Description | Kilbourne Hole is the site of a rare, semi-precious gemstone known as peridotite or precious green olivine. Besides the green olivine, rusty reds, golds, purples, brown and black forms of the gem can also be found at Kilbourne Hole. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Mexico. Near Las Cruces. Kilbourne Hole. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | Dexter Perkins. |
| Key words | kilbourne hole, new mexico, peridotite, olivine, green olivine |
| Tech details | 793 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2302 |
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