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Calcite over Dolomite on Calcite from Skitchewaug Trail Quarry, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont

 
Calcite over Dolomite on Calcite from Skitchewaug Trail Quarry, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont

Calcite over Dolomite on Calcite from Skitchewaug Trail Quarry, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont

DESCRIPTION:No. 68075
Mineral:Calcite over Dolomite on Calcite
Locality:Skitchewaug Trail Quarry, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont
Description:Scalenohedral 11 mm translucent white calcite crystal (fluorescent under UV) coated with translucent brown rhombic dolomite crystals to 0.8 mm, overgrown with parallel translucent flattened-rhombohedral brownish-gray calcite crystals to 6 mm.
Overall Size:12x11x11 mm
Crystals:micro to 11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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