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Prehnite with Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Prehnite with Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 53724
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Translucent green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates to 6 mm diameter lining a shallow cavity in basalt. The prehnite has distinct crystal faces on the surfaces and colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 2 mm are throughout. Sawn bottom. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:9x6x3 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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