| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Siderite with Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 59890 |
| Mineral: | Siderite with Quartz |
| Locality: | Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Heavy crystallized mass of rhombohedral brown siderite crystals with milky quartz. Siderite was the primary ore at this early iron mine that first was mined in 1724. The siderite crystals are brown with bronze-colored iridescence. |
| Overall Size: | 8x6x5 cm |
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| Archived: | For reference only |
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