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Calcite and Prehnite from Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut

 
Calcite and Prehnite from Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut

Calcite and Prehnite from Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite and Prehnite from Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 43341
Mineral:Calcite and Prehnite
Locality:Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut
Description:Translucent yellow-gray calcite crystals up to 20 mm long with botryoidal translucent green prehnite aggregates up to 8 mm across. The calcite crystals are complex scalenohedral form with basal pinacoid terminations.
Overall Size:5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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