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Albite and Microcline from Lower quarry across from Springfield Pool, Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

 
Albite and Microcline from Lower quarry across from Springfield Pool, Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Albite and Microcline from Lower quarry across from Springfield Pool, Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Albite and Microcline from Lower quarry across from Springfield Pool, Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 27779
Mineral:Albite and Microcline
Locality:Lower quarry across from Springfield Pool, Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Description:Mixture of two feldspar crystals, whitish albite crystals that fluoresce red under UV illumination, and salmon-colored microcline crystals. With old pen-and-ink label dated 1939. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970); acquired from Petersen in 1939
Overall Size:9x8x6 cm
Crystals:5-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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