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Microcline from near Chelsea, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

 
Microcline from near Chelsea, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Microcline from near Chelsea, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 28302
Mineral:Microcline
Locality:near Chelsea, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Description:Plate of microcline with etched face with many parallel crevices following the cleavage direction of the crystal.Description matches Larkin's Farm listed in Gordon's Mineralogy of Pennsylvania (1922). Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970); collected April 20, 1935
Overall Size:7x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1 mm faces visible
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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