| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Quartz var. Tessin-habit with Magnesite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 49652 |
| Mineral: | Quartz var. Tessin-habit with Magnesite |
| Locality: | Becker Quarry, West Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Transparent gray quartz crystals to 70 mm that exhibit Tessin-habit (repeated alternating termination and prism faces forming a tapered crystal) with rhombic colorless magnesite crystals to 3 mm. The top termination contacted the opposite pocket wall. Collected by J. Fast in 1993. see article The Remarkable Quartz Crystals of West Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut in Rocks and Minerals v.78 #4 |
| Overall Size: | 10x6x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-70 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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