Wollastonite - Desert View Mine, California

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SKU: MSJ0315
Weight and Dimensions

1lb .4 oz, 3.5" x 3" x 2"

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Bright yellow fluorescing wollastonite from Desert View Mine, San Bernardino Co., California. This locality is where the assemblage of rare mineral species are common in only one other place – Franklin/Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Shown under 254nm shortwave UV light.

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