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Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite from Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

 
Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite from Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite from Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite from Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite from Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 75880
Mineral:Zaratite over Hydromagnesite on Chromite
Locality:Wood's Chrome Mine, State Line District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Description:Lustrous transparent green zaratite microcrystals covering one face of black chromite. The zaratite microcrystals are in hemispherical aggregates over an earlier generation of translucent tan-colored hydromagnesite microcrystals. Ex. Harry W. Eichel, Jr. (1914-1990); ex. Phil-Mont Christian Academy
Overall Size:10x6x3 cm
Crystals:micro
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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