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Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

 
Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite and Diopside from Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 73318
Mineral:Meionite and Diopside
Locality:Berry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent green diopside crystals to 1 mm and elongated translucent white meionite crystals to 10 mm lining cavity surfaces in a dense mass of diopside-meionite. The diopside and meionite crystals were exposed by dissolving enclosing calcite. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1994
Overall Size:15x13x7 cm
Crystals:0.5-10.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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