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Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

 
Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 81912
Mineral:Serpentine pseudomorph after Chondrodite
Locality:Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York
Description:Yellow-gray serpentine psedomorphs after wedge-shaped chondrodite crystals with remnants of gray talc(?) in crevices between the pseudomorphs. The chondrodite crystallized first, then altered molecule-by-molecule to serpentine keeping same shape. ex. Kristalle
Overall Size:7.5x7x2.5 cm
Crystals:4-15 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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