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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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 76387
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous 25 mm transparent colorless calcite compound crystal on translucent green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 15 mm diameter. The calcite crystal is rhombohedral form with surfaces composed of many smaller parallel crystals. Collected ca. 1997
Overall Size:7x7x4.5 cm
Crystals:25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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