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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 64926
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite and Goethite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Translucent brownish-green prehnite crystals to 6 mm with a 4 mm transparent colorless pseudocubic calcite crystal, plus scattered goethite micros on greenish basalt. The prehnite crystals exhibit distinct crystal faces, not the typical rounded forms. Collected in 1996
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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