| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Quartz (Tessin habit and reverse-scepters) on Almandine with Magnesite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76938 |
| Mineral: | Quartz (Tessin habit and reverse-scepters) on Almandine with Magnesite |
| Locality: | Becker Quarry, West Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent Tessin-habit quartz crystals to 7 mm with brown magnesite on three 10 mm almandine garnet crystals coated with clay-mica. Tessin-habit quartz have repeatedly alternating termination and prism faces forming stepped, tapered crystals. Collected in 1992 by Al Francken. See article The Remarkable Quartz Crystals of West Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut in Rocks and Minerals v.78 #4 |
| Overall Size: | 21x21x11 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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