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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 65346 |
| Mineral: | Quartz on Siderite |
| Locality: | Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Large 31 mm lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystal surrounded by smaller limonite-stained brown quartz crystals to 6 mm on brown siderite intergrown with quartz. Quartz crystals, especially this large, were uncommon at this historic mine. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #1737 |
| Overall Size: | 7x7x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-31 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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