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Fluorite on Quartz with Phillipsite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Fluorite on Quartz with Phillipsite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Fluorite on Quartz with Phillipsite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 45905
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz with Phillipsite
Locality:railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Transparent purple internally zoned fluorite crystal 12 mm across on translucent gray limonite-stained quartz crystals to 4 mm with hemispherical groups of white phillipsite microcrystals. The fluorite crystal is cubic form, with dodecahedral edge faces. Collected in 1984 by Robert Sahno
Overall Size:9x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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