A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Turquoise, Mineral County, Nevada |
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| Description | Thr blue material is turquoise, a valuable mineral used for ornmentation and jewelry. It has been mined since at least 6000 BC (by early Egyptians). More recently it has been used by Native Americans and it is quite popular with natives and with tourists in the southwestern United States. Turquoise has composition CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8ยท5H2O. This specimen is about 9 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ Mineral |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-05-22. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #970. |
| Key words | turquoise, Nevada |
| Tech details | 816 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 557 |
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