| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Prehnite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64930 |
| Mineral: | Prehnite |
| Locality: | O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Translucent green prehnite crystals on basalt in botryoidal aggregates with white to brown microcrystals of an unknown species on the surfaces. The prehnite crystals have silky luster caused by subparallel microscopic crystal faces on the surfaces. Collected in 1996 |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x2x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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