[Rockhounds] Help with identification

[Jeffrey T. Cessna]

All of the Thomas Range, Utah pictures on Mindat.org are black, but 
here is a picture from Summit Rock, Klamath Co., Oregon...

http://www.mindat.org/photo-135505.html

-Jeff


At 08:16 AM 12/11/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have several samples of a long prismatic orange-brown mineral
>identified as pseudobrookite, associated with light-colored amethyst
>and said to be from the Thomas Range in Utah.  I am skeptical about
>the identification as pseudobrookite, since all of the pseudobrookite
>I have seen is nearly black.  Can any of you Westerners confirm or
>refute this identification, and if you recognize the material can you
>give me a more detailed location?
>
>Two digital images can be viewed at www.geocities.com/sajas.geo/oh/ 
>oh.html.  You'll probably have to copy the URL and paste it into your
>web browser.  Ignore the title at the top of the page.  I know that
>the Thomas Range is not in Ohio....
>
>Thanks!
>Pete Richards
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