Tilleyite

  
Colourless to white plates and inclusions in calcite
Origin: Crestmore, California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 9 cm
 
Grey crystalline tilleyite in calcite
Origin: Redcap Creek, 15 km NW Chillagoe, N. Queensland, Australia
Sample size: 3.5 x 4.5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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