Stilbite on Quartz

Barrett Brothers Quarry, Beacon Falls, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 6.8 x 3.0 cm
Start Time: 04/14/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/21/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This less well-known quarry in gneissic or schistose rocks has produced superb specimens of quartz with zeolites and adularia in alpine clefts and a wide variety of copper minerals (MINDAT). This is a very fine and deceptive combination plate. Shrub-like clusters of creamy stilbite blades totally cover one side of the piece. The other side shows the glassy quartz points the stilbites were deposited on. Choice and uncommon combination material for the locale.

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