Turquoise after Aquamarine
sold- Locality
- Apache Canyon Mine, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California
- Minerals
- Turquoise, Beryl
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- Q695
1cm wide crystal of Turquoise after Aquamarine. These are hard to get out of the matrix intact and this is a good one,
though backside broke off during extraction. Mindat provides the following: 'Host rock is Teutonia quartz monazite (Beckerman, 1982). Late
turquoise replacement of miarolitic cavities resulted in turquoise pseudomorphs after the following minerals: quartz, muscovite, beryl, microcline,
apatite as well unconfirmed orthorhombic pseudomorphs labeled as after barite.'