AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite on Stilbite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 38291 |
Mineral: | Calcite on Stilbite |
Locality: | Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey |
Description: | Translucent brown stilbite crystals overgrown with translucent gray calcite crystals. The calcite rhombs have parallel microscalenohedrons on the surface. Moore's Station (now called Moore) is on the western border of NJ northeast of Trenton. Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia collection #23018 |
Overall Size: | 8x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 23 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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