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Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 38565
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent colorless calcite crystals on gray basalt matrix. The calcite crystals are pseudo-cubic habit with several exhibiting interpenetrant twinning. This is a nice specimen from a quarry that has not been heavily collected at. Ex. Don Belsher collection, a gift from Sam Neill in 1967
Overall Size:8x5x4 cm
Crystals:3-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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