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Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

 
Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside from Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 70648
Mineral:Clintonite in titanium-rich Diopside
Locality:Clintonite locality, Amity, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York (Type Locality for Clintonite)
Description:Lustrous reddish-brown clintonite crystals embedded in pinkish-gray titanium-rich diopside. Clintonite, an uncommon mica species, occurs in high-grade metamorphic marbles. This is from the Type Locality where clintonite was first found and described. Ex. Dave Wellbrock collection M1146d, collected in March 1995
Overall Size:4x1.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:5-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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