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Datolite from Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia

 
Datolite from Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia

Datolite from Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia

DESCRIPTION:No. 40724
Mineral:Datolite
Locality:Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia
Description:Transparent pale-green datolite crystals with glassy crystal faces standing upright off grainy matrix. The smaller crystals are water-clear, the largest crystal has milky areas. A white apophyllite crystal on the right side is incomplete.
Overall Size:7x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:3-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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