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Gems and rock specimens

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No. 1991-609Quartz crystal.

No. 1991-609
Quartz crystal.

Photo taken by Ann P. Sabina.



No. 205395Venture glass field -- A dolomitized limestone fragment containing abundant intragranular dissolution porosity and an extensively leached plagioclase feldspar grain.

No. 205395
Venture glass field -- A dolomitized limestone fragment containing abundant intragranular dissolution porosity and an extensively leached plagioclase feldspar grain.

Photo taken by T.J. Katsube, 1990.



No. 1996-071Quartz and chert veins with Cu-sulphides and selenides.

No. 1996-071
Quartz and chert veins with Cu-sulphides and selenides.

Photo taken by A. Miller.



No. 1996-081 BHydraulically fractured gneiss with hematite, carbonate, quartz, and chlorite infilling. Kazan Falls, Northwest Territories.

No. 1996-081 B
Hydraulically fractured gneiss with hematite, carbonate, quartz, and chlorite infilling. Kazan Falls, Northwest Territories.

Photo taken by A. Miller.



Date Modified: 2007-02-21

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