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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 74088
Mineral:Quartz with Stilbite, Heulandite, Pyrite
Locality:railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2.5 mm with elongated translucent pale-yellow stilbite crystals to 14 mm and coffin-shaped pearly colorless heulandite crystals to 5 mm with scattered cubic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.5 mm. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s by a construction worker at the site
Overall Size:6x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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