[Rockhounds] Quartz casts after Glauberite

[Kitty]

I got it...three pictures.

Aloha, Kitty


On 8/14/2018 6:36 AM, larryrush at att.net wrote:
> 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....
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> See:  https://www.irista.com/gallery/tjbpn2gfbqpn
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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)
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> Larry Rush
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