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Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

 
Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet from Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 72393
Mineral:Staurolite with minor Almandine Garnet
Locality:Pipeline exposure, 500 m south of Diamond Lake, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Description:Double-sided plate of elongated staurolite crystals to 18 mm with a few dodecahedral dark-red almandine garnet crystals to 2 mm in silvery foliated phyllite. The staurolite and almandine crystals are harder than the phyllite and are proud of the surface. From my personal collection. Collected in 1996
Overall Size:16x6.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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