[Rockhounds] Quartz casts after Glauberite

[Erich Kern]

Larry, the link you sent seems to work but the page was blank.

Erich

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From: larryrush at att.net
To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
Sent: 8/14/2018 11:36:24 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Quartz casts after Glauberite

>I recently came across an odd specimen I collected years ago, from a
>well-known and heavily visited quartz vein in CT. Although this 
>locality is
>known for large, milky quartz crystal plates, often with a "corn-cob"
>overlay, these small single quartz crystals showing casts of a previous
>mineral, Glauberite, have been found as single broken crystals in large
>numbers in the past. These satisfy my interest in collecting odd forms 
>and
>habits in crystals, so I offer these photos to share....
>
>
>
>See:  https://www.irista.com/gallery/tjbpn2gfbqpn
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>
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>(Quartz showing casts after Glauberite. Total size 2X6cm. This kind of
>cavity exposure is well known in the New Jersey Prehnite localities, 
>but
>uncommon in Ct. This one
>is from Diamond Ledge, W. Stafford, Connecticut)
>
>
>
>Larry Rush
>
>
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