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Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 56145
Mineral:Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz
Locality:railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm lining the walls of convoluted cavities with a 6 mm gray-metallic cubic galena crystal and many small dark-gray wurtzite crystals to 2 mm which may be sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s.
Overall Size:7x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-6.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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