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Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Prehnite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 73340
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Large 20 mm rhombic colorless calcite crystal on translucent green prehnite crystals to 3 mm lining a shallow cavity in basalt. The calcite crystal fluoresces pink-orange under SW UV illumination. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1989
Overall Size:8x6.5x5 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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