Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 56691
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| Mineral: | Wurtzite (sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite?) and Galena on Quartz
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| Locality: | railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm covering one face of matrix with many gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 4 mm and small dark-gray wurtzite crystals to 2 mm which may be sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection #190, collected in the 1970s by a construction worker at the site. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-4.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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