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Albite var. Cleavelandite with Pyrite from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Albite var. Cleavelandite with Pyrite from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Albite var. Cleavelandite with Pyrite from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 20039
Mineral:Albite var. Cleavelandite with Pyrite
Locality:Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Triangular formation of broad, flat albite variety cleavelandite crystals. In the void formed between the crystals are small pockets with 1-2 mm cubo-octahedral pyrite crystals and various phosphate minerals.
Overall Size:10x7x5 cm
Crystals:1-70 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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