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Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

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Brucite : Mg(OH)2

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Brucite in bladed crystals, obtained June 1988. Alan Goldstein specimen (#5059) and photo. FOV ~1.5 cm
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 49010    View Count: 354

Calcite : CaCO3

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Calcite in tubular shapes. Specimen 511 in the collection of the photographer, Alan Goldstein.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 24939    View Count: 335

Calcite : CaCO3, Grossular : Ca3Al2[SiO4]3

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Size of the calcite matrix is 4.5 cm x 2 cm, but the size of the garnet is 5mm x 5mm.
Photo ID: 216853    View Count: 39

Chalcedony

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Lovely botryoidal red brown and orange Chalcedony on massive Brucite and other minerals. FOV = 6.5 cm. Collected 2005 by J. Wingard.
 © J. WingardPhoto ID: 39192    View Count: 294

Chalcedony, Brucite : Mg(OH)2

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Clear Chalcedony covers an iron-stained nodule of Brucite and other minerals. FOV = 4 cm. From an old fall on the second level near last years agate find. Collected 2005 by J. Wingard.
 © J. WingardPhoto ID: 39191    View Count: 230

Chromite : FeCr2O4, Calcite : CaCO3, Serpentine Group : D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Rounded crystals of Chromite in massive Calcite and green Serpentine. 11 cm across maximum. Collected in 2005 by J. Wingard.
 © J. WingardPhoto ID: 39168    View Count: 463

Clinochlore : (Mg,Fe2+)5Al[(OH)8|AlSi3O10], Grossular : Ca3Al2[SiO4]3, Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6]

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Orange translucent grossular garnets in Clinochlore on a matrix of massive chrome diopside. The Clinochlore crystals are nicely formed but are coated in some sort of white opaquish film. There are some white hydromagnesite crystals present as well. Specimen is much more attractive and a more intense green in person. Collected by J. Wingard 10-04 ...
 © J.N. WingardPhoto ID: 21462    View Count: 400

Clinochlore : (Mg,Fe2+)5Al[(OH)8|AlSi3O10]

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Clinoclore, obtained in June 1988. Alan Goldstein specimen (#1348) and photo.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 35103    View Count: 320

Clinozoisite : {Ca2}{Al3}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7], Calcite : CaCO3, Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6]

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Embedded in a layer of white and gray Calcite are sharply formed, translucent yellow-green Clinozoisite crystals. The lower crystal is double-terminated, however it does have some damage. The two main crystals are ~2.8 cm long. The back portion of the specimen contains a vein of bright orange grossular garnet. Self-collected and in the personal ...
 © J.N. WingardPhoto ID: 14552    View Count: 393

Clinozoisite : {Ca2}{Al3}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7]

Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

Clinozoisite crystals in matrix, obtained in June 1988. Alan Goldstein specimen (#1347) and photo.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 35105    View Count: 286
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