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Mineral Specimen No. 329:
Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York.

Description of Mineral Specimen for sale No. 329:

Mineral Species: Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find).
Location of origin: 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York.
Description: Translucent beige-brown bladed stilbite crystals to 6 mm with translucent white calcite crystals to 3 mm and yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals in hemispherical aggregates to 4 mm diameter. The cap in the upper right is entirely calcite crystals. No damage. Collected in 1998 by Charles Merguerian, project geologist. Illustrated in The Minerals of New York City (2009) Rocks & Minerals, vol. 84 # 3, pp. 204-240.
Overall size: 10x6x3.5 cm.
Size of individual crystals: micro to 6 mm

Mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

Detail view of mineral Stilbite-Ca with Calcite and Pyrite (best of find) for sale from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, Queens County, New York

from the author's private collection of minerals from New York City.

Read the full article at: The Minerals of New York City

 

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