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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 64796
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite and Chlorite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Part of a spherical cavity lined with translucent green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 12 mm with lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 4 mm with brown chlorite. Two prehnite spheres are incomplete on the edge. Collected ca. 1991
Overall Size:9x9x4.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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