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Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 71792
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent brown-to-colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals on green basalt. The calcite crystals almost completely filled the cavity, resulting in incomplete crystals on the rear, but the crystals on the front had room to fully crystallize. Collected ca. 1996
Overall Size:9x8x8 cm
Crystals:5-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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