AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Datolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 71230 |
Mineral: | Datolite |
Locality: | Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless (very slight green tint) datolite crystals with small brown crystals of an unidentified mineral. The datolite crystals exhibit double-refraction, similar to calcite, when viewing inside the crystals under magnification. From my personal collection #56; acquired in 1990 from Argentum Auctions, ex Harvard #119574 |
Overall Size: | 5x4x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-24 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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