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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wavellite on Quartz from National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 38534
Mineral:Wavellite on Quartz
Locality:National Limestone Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Description:Translucent yellow-green fibrous wavellite crystals in spherical aggregates to 7 mm diameter on lustrous transparent quartz crystals to 2 mm on one face of gray sandstone. Brown limonite is in crevices throughout. Collected in 2006
Overall Size:6x3.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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