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Quartz with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Blue Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

 
Quartz with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Blue Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Quartz with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Blue Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Quartz with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Blue Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 63266
Mineral:Quartz with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions
Locality:Blue Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Description:Set of 10 small clusters of lustrous translucent bluish-green quartz crystals mounted in a Riker Mount with a note on the rear that it was obtained from A.E. Foote. The blue-green color is caused fine byssolite variety of actinolite inclusions. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:13x10.5x2 cm Riker Mount
Crystals:2-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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