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Quartz var. Smoky and Calcite from Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Quartz var. Smoky and Calcite from Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Quartz var. Smoky and Calcite from Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Quartz var. Smoky and Calcite from Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 58560
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky and Calcite
Locality:Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 4 mm intermixed with translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 5 mm with platy hematite microcrystals visible when viewed under magnification. Collected by Wilfred Wil J. Talbot (1931-2019) ca. 1984
Overall Size:4x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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