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Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 63517
Mineral:Wurtzite and Galena on Quartz with Fluorite
Locality:railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 3 mm and small dark-gray metallic wurtzite crystals to 2 mm, which may be sphalerite pseudomorphs after wurtzite, on translucent gray quartz crystals and translucent greenish-gray fluorite crystals to 2 mm. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s by a construction worker at the site.
Overall Size:4x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:0.5-3.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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