Calcite on Fluorapophyllite

Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Small Cabinet, 6.7 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 10/18/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/23/2014 6:31:30 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Rare for the locale, pretty straw-yellow calcite scalenohedrons are festooned on the glassy fluorapophyllites over basalt. Mineral specimens are uncommon and are seldom on the market from this well-known and extinct basalt quarry. Bright creamy-white fluorescence. Collected in 1965, according to the label. Excellent and rare combination material.

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