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Sphalerite, Prehnite, Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Sphalerite, Prehnite, Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Sphalerite, Prehnite, Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Sphalerite, Prehnite, Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 53711
Mineral:Sphalerite, Prehnite, Calcite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Large (for this locality) translucent brown sphalerite crystals to 6 mm on one edge of a cavity lined with translucent green prehnite and transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 7 mm. Sphalerite, a sulfide, is rare at this locality. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:7x6x3.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-6.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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