A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Turquoise from Mineral County, Nevada |
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| Description | This sample contains a small amount of blue-green turquoise (hydrated copper aluminum phosphate). Turquoise is a valuable mineral used in jewelry and for ornamentation. Most turquoise is massive or very fine grained, and individual crystals are rare. Small ones have been found in Virginia and in a few other places. This specimen is 10 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ Mineral |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-29. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #925. |
| Key words | turquoise, Nevada |
| Tech details | 594 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 959 |
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