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Zircon

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Port Henry, Mineville District, Essex County, New York, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

A great rarity from the US. Two isolated, double terminated zircone crystals with reddish-brown reflexes in a sealed glass flacon from the pegmatites at Port Henry. Historic material including two handwritten early 20th century labels. Size given is for the glass flacon, largest crystal measures 9 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White