AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Samarskite-(Y) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 41372 |
Mineral: | Samarskite-(Y) |
Locality: | Spinelli Quarry, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Description: | Several flat crystals of black samarskite-(Y) in red feldspar matrix with lustrous conchoidal surfaces on the bottom where the crystal edges are exposed. Radioactive. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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