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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 64922
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Cavity lined with translucent green prehnite crystals in rounded aggregates to 6 mm with lustrous transparent colorless pseudocubic calcite crystals to 8 mm. The prehnite crystals have waxy luster caused by microscopic crystal faces on the surfaces. Collected in 1996
Overall Size:8.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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