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Vesuvianite from 600 m pit, Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

 
Vesuvianite from 600 m pit, Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Vesuvianite from 600 m pit, Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Vesuvianite from 600 m pit, Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76470
Mineral:Vesuvianite
Locality:600 m pit, Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine
Description:Large dark olive-green vesuvianite crystal with no matrix. The vesuvianite crystal is prismatic form, with striated prism faces and flat basal pinacoid termination. The rear and one prism face has contacts from adjacent vesuvianite crystals. Personally collected ca. 1992. Locality is now closed permanently
Overall Size:58x24x18 mm
Crystals:58 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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