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Apophyllite with Babingtonite on Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Apophyllite with Babingtonite on Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Apophyllite with Babingtonite on Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Apophyllite with Babingtonite on Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 28517
Mineral:Apophyllite with Babingtonite on Calcite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Large crystals of colorless apophyllite up to 20 mm with greenish rosettes of altered babingtonite crystals in hemispherical rosettes up to 5 mm diameter. Several of the apophyllite crystals have babingtonite included inside. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970)
Overall Size:6x5.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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