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Calcite on Quartz from Bates Rocks Road (construction site), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Calcite on Quartz from Bates Rocks Road (construction site), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite on Quartz from Bates Rocks Road (construction site), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite on Quartz from Bates Rocks Road (construction site), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 28842
Mineral:Calcite on Quartz
Locality:Bates Rocks Road (construction site), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Large rhombic calcite crystals up to 4 cm on matrix coated with minute quartz crystals, some with reddish limonite inclusions. Bill Barrett discovered this specimen at a house construction site, less than a mile from the Southbury trap rock quarry. ex. B. Jarnot, William (Bill) Barrett (1924-2018)
Overall Size:13x8x8 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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