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Quartz, Stilbite, Fluorite, Pyrite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Quartz, Stilbite, Fluorite, Pyrite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Quartz, Stilbite, Fluorite, Pyrite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Quartz, Stilbite, Fluorite, Pyrite from railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 63518
Mineral:Quartz, Stilbite, Fluorite, Pyrite
Locality:railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous translucent pale-gray quartz crystals to 4 mm with transparent terminations, plus lustrous transparent bladed stilbite crystals to 10 mm, yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 0.4 mm and a partial crystal of transparent yellow fluorite. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s by a construction worker at the site
Overall Size:5x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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