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Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane from Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York

 
Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane from Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York

Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane from Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York

Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane from Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York

Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane from Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 44496
Mineral:Millerite on Quartz with Dolomite and Stilpnomelane
Locality:Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York
Description:Brassy acicular millerite crystals to 12 mm long in sprays nestled deep in a quartz-lined cavity with translucent yellow-gray ferroan-dolomite crystals to 5 mm and rosettes to 2 mm diameter of bronze-colored stilpnomelane crystals. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:8x6.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-12.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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