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Columbite-(Fe) from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Columbite-(Fe) from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Columbite-(Fe) from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Columbite-(Fe) from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 46342
Mineral:Columbite-(Fe)
Locality:(Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Unusually large single crystal of black columbite with surfaces coated with muscovite mica. It is difficult to see with the mica overgrowth, but the columbite crystal is partially terminated and complete on four sides. Ex. J. Cilen (1916-1997) #1655
Overall Size:7.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:73 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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