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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 39801 |
| Mineral: | Quartz and Chalcopyrite with Covellite coating |
| Locality: | Ellenville Zinc Co. Mine, Ulster County, New York |
| Description: | Slender water-clear colorless quartz crystals up to 20 mm long covering all sides of the cluster with two chalcopyrite crystals 6 mm across nestled among the quartz crystals. The chalcopyrite crystals have a dark coating of covellite on the surface. Ex. Schortmanns. See recent article: Ellenville, New York - a Classic locality in Rocks and Minerals Nov.-Dec. 2007 p. 508-515 |
| Overall Size: | 7x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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