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Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

 
Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 38524
Mineral:Wavellite
Locality:National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Description:Translucent yellow-green acicular wavellite crystals in spherical radial aggregates to 7 mm diameter on gray fine-grained limestone. The radial structure of the wavellite is visible where the aggregates have popped off. Collected in 2006
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-3.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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