Description
O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry), Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
The O & G Southbury Quarry has been an East Coast standout for producing great specimens – especially prehnite and datolite. This piece features a well formed 4.5 cm of calcite which has an unusual morphology, but is crystallized on all sides. It has formed with other blocky calcites and has pretty small yellow stilbites dotted along it. The reverse shows less calcite and a heavier presence of stilbite. This piece was a gift from Phil Scalisi to William Metropolis in 1998. The calcite is only weakly fluorescent in both LW and SW light giving a weak dark reddish color.
Ex Phil Scalisi – Ex William Metropolis (with card) – Ex George Elling
7.30 x 4.70 x 4.00 cm
