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Diaspore from Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts

 
Diaspore from Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts

Diaspore from Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts

Diaspore from Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts

Diaspore from Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 44823
Mineral:Diaspore
Locality:Chester Emery Mines, Hampton County, Massachusetts
Description:Transparent-to-translucent bladed pale purple-gray diaspore crystals to 40 mm long on magnetite-rich matrix with green clinochlore crystals to 8 mm across. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:11x7x4 cm
Crystals:3-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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