Mushroom Jasper
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Mushroom Jasper has colors of most
commonly grays with greens, reds, and yellows also occurring. The
outer cortex is rhyolite.
Texture:
Luster:
Translucency:
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Mushroom Jasper occurs in a rhyolite cortex in La Paz County, Arizona.
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