AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Spinel with Phlogopite in Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 72811 |
Mineral: | Spinel with Phlogopite in Calcite |
Locality: | Amity-Edenville marble belt, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous octahedral black spinel crystals to 32 mm in translucent white calcite with lustrous brown phlogopite mica crystals to 20 mm. The spinel crystals are exposed at both ends of the specimen and are difficult to photograph — must see in person. Ex. W. B. Thompson collection; ex. Dr. Joseph Springall (1811-1895) of Dexter, Maine |
Overall Size: | 11x8.5x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-32 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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