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Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

 
Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Wavellite from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 37609
Mineral:Wavellite
Locality:National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Description:The best specimens I have from this recent find: yellow-green wavellite crystals in hemispherical sprays up to 8 mm diameter lining one face of a narrow vein formation. Several areas contacted the opposite vein wall exposing the radiating structure. Collected in 2006
Overall Size:10x7x5 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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