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Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Beryl from (Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 59868
Mineral:Beryl
Locality:(Gillette Quarry), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Doubly-terminated transparent-to-translucent green beryl crystal is quartz-albite-muscovite pegmatite. The beryl crystal is nicely exposed and the upper termination shows basal pinacoid face with {1121} corner faces. Ex. Robert K. Brandenberger (1910-1990) #771
Overall Size:8x6x5 cm
Crystals:70 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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