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Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz with Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 37446
Mineral:Quartz with Hematite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Double-sided plate of lustrous quartz crystals with one face showing bladed black-metallic hematite crystals included in the surface and a brownish coating of bronze-colored microcrystals (stilpnomelane?). The quartz on the opposite side is clean. Ex. John Albanese, Jr.
Overall Size:7x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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