by Harold "Fritz" Mortiz
Apophyllite Specimen 816, O&G Quarry No. 2, Southbury/Woodbury
Recently I submitted samples of apophyllite from several places around Connecticut for analyses. Micromounters New England will perform a limited number of scanning electron microscope – energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) analyses for members such as me. SEM-EDS provides elemental chemistry on extremely small samples except for the very light elements H, He, B, Be and Li.
The goals of this project were to better determine the particular species of apophyllite on the specific samples and from that information hopefully extend the species identifications to unanalyzed specimens from the same localities, and perhaps throughout the state. Consequently, at least one sample was selected from most known localities with 3 samples submitted from the very prolific O&G locality.
The goals of this project were to better determine the particular species of apophyllite on the specific samples and from that information hopefully extend the species identifications to unanalyzed specimens from the same localities, and perhaps throughout the state. Consequently, at least one sample was selected from most known localities with 3 samples submitted from the very prolific O&G locality.