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Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

 
Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite from Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 81132
Mineral:Harmotome (cruciform twinned), Galena, Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Calcite
Locality:Lane Construction Corp. Northfield Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Description:Rare specimen with many mineral species: lustrous transparent cruciform-twinned colorless harmotome crystals to 3.5 mm, gray-metallic galena crystals to 8 mm, yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals, translucent white calcite, translucent blue fluorite. Under LW UV fluorite=violet, calcite=orange. Ex. Miller #M1797; collected by E. Greene in 1999
Overall Size:8.5x5x6 cm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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