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Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

 
Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

Quartz from railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 70815
Mineral:Quartz
Locality:railroad cut on eastern shore of Hudson River, between Schodack Landing and Poolsburg, Columbia County, New York
Description:Double-sided plate of lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals that formed in fractures in Ordovician bedrock. This locality for quartz crystals has not been widely collected because high-speed trains pass very close to the exposure. From my personal collection #684; collected in 1997
Overall Size:6x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-29 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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