"Minerals of the Wolf Creek Formation"
Gwinnett County
Norcross Quadrangle


Specimen Photographs:
"Chabazite - Hyalite Opal"


Photograph - Dr. David Babulski
Collecting site "A".  Photomicrograph at 20x. 

Chabazite crystals as a druz on Epidote crystals.  The Chabazite is only present in those quartz/epidote pods which exhibit en echelon fracture.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski
Collecting site "A".  Photomicrograph at 20x. 

Chabazite crystals as a druz on Epidote crystals.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski
Collecting site "A".  Photomicrograph at 20x. 

Hyalite Opal on fracture seams in quartz lenses conformal to bedding in the amphibolite.  This hyalite fluoresces bright green in short wave U.V. likely indicating the presence of small amounts of uranium salts.

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