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Turquoise after bone (odontolite)
Amazingly, the mineral turquoise has totally pseudomorphed an animal bone, turning it a light green color. On rare occasions animals and humans die in the vicinity of ore bodies, primarily copper, and their skeletons are replaced cell by cell by the minerals. A bone replacement is essentially a pseudomorph similar to Turquoise after Apatite, and this is a very educational example of how we ourselves are "mineralized." From the well-known pseudomorph collection of Ken Roberts. Specimens of this quality are very rare.
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Species
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Locality
near Searchlight, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Added on10/23/2024
Known provenance
2024/08
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Not disclosed—Species and Locality Wiki Pages
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