Specimen #1165

Name: Diaspore (old Massachusetts)

Type: Mineral

Locality: Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 7.0 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm

Weight: 41

Acquired: 2008-12-28

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: Y

Comment: Pearlescent, highly lustrous, diaspore plates in nifty juxataposed angles on a thin crust of matrix form a very showy specimen on this OLD-TIME piece from the HISTORIC Chester Emery Mines of Massachusetts. Diaspore is an uncommon aluminum hydroxide and this is highly representative of the species and famous locale. The color is very good for the material, which is rarely seen today. Comes with an old, faded, expertly handwritten label. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.

Minerals: Diaspore (AlO(OH))

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Diaspore (old Massachusetts), Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts - 7.0 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm

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Diaspore (old Massachusetts), Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts

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Diaspore (old Massachusetts), Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts

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Diaspore (old Massachusetts), Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts