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Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

 
Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite from Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 81991
Mineral:Clinochlore, Chondrodite and Magnetite
Locality:Tilly Foster Iron Mine, near Brewster, Putnam County, New York
Description:Classic combination of lustrous transparent dark-red chondrodite crystals to 5 mm with columnar greenish-gray mica-like clinochlore crystals to 5 mm and dark gray-metallic dodecahedral magnetite crystals to 9 mm with light-colored serpentine. Ex. University of Arizona collection No. 2226; originally acquired from Wards. This mine closed in 1897 after a tragic mine collapse.
Overall Size:11x8.5x6.5 cm
Crystals:1-9 mm
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