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Prehnite with Calcite from Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

 
Prehnite with Calcite from Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Prehnite with Calcite from Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 72794
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite
Locality:Interstate I-84 construction site, north of North Mountain Road, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Description:Cavity in brown basalt lined with translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates to 12 mm diameter with minor overgrowth of colorless calcite microcrystals. For locality information see: Rocks & Minerals, vol.46, p. 156-158 (1971). Ex. W. B. Thompson collection; collected ca. 1970 by Donald Corson (Farmington, Maine)
Overall Size:14x11x7 cm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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