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Mineral Specimen No. 359:
Muscovite from Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of Central Park, New York City, New York County, New York.

Description of Mineral Specimen for sale No. 359:

Mineral Species: Muscovite.
Location of origin: Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of Central Park, New York City, New York County, New York.
Description: Lustrous gray muscovite mica crystals with no matrix. Personally collected in 1999 during reconstruction of the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center.
Overall size: 7.5x4.5x2.5 cm.
Size of individual crystals: 75 mm

Mineral Muscovite for sale from Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of Central Park, New York City, New York County, New York

Detail view of mineral Muscovite for sale from Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of Central Park, New York City, New York County, New York

from the author's private collection of minerals from New York City.

Read the full article at: The Minerals of New York City

 

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