Description
Species: Samarskite-(Y)
Locality: Spinelli prospect (collected 1-10-2013), Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.0 x 4.9 cm
Outstanding large, well-formed group of jet-black Samarskite-(Y) crystals collected on 1-10-2013 at the now-extinct Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA. MUCH better in person, this is likely one of the better examples of the species known at the locality! Repaired x1. Ex. Eric Quinter Collection. Rare!