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Babingtonite, Heulandite, Pyrite on Quartz and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Babingtonite, Heulandite, Pyrite on Quartz and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Babingtonite, Heulandite, Pyrite on Quartz and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 30596
Mineral:Babingtonite, Heulandite, Pyrite on Quartz and Calcite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Many greenish babingtonite crystals up to 2 mm on colorless quartz and calcite matrix plus scattered heulandite and pyrite crystals. The babingtonite crystals have surface alteration to actinolite. The specimen has more babingtonite than commonly found.
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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