AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Wavellite over Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72351 |
Mineral: | Wavellite over Quartz |
Locality: | National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania |
Description: | Pale-green wavellite crystals in spherical aggregates to 7 mm diameter over lustrous colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm on matrix. The wavellite surfaces are composed of termination faces. The exposed wavellite spheres exhibit radiating internal growth. Collected in 2006 |
Overall Size: | 9x8x5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-3.5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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