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TT47N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Dendritic aggregate crystals, deformed but very sharp faces and edges. Partially covered by octahedral crystals of Cuprite and small crystals of Cerussite, which is a very uncommon paragenesis. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (06-08/2008)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 0.91”
Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
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