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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44816 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Grass-green hexagonal prismatic pyromorphite crystals to 1 mm on quartz crystals to 1 mm with minor white barite. Pyromorphite is not commonly known from Bristol, but Schooner's Mineralogy of Connecticut reports the occurrence. It might be from Canton... Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 9x5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-1.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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