| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 39446 |
| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Pseudocubic transparent colorless calcite crystals up to 13 mm across on a plate of small colorless quartz crystals up to 2 mm long. Pseudocubic calcite, though common at this quarry, is rare for calcite that normally is rhombic or scalenohedral. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #2534; ex. B. Metzger in 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 12x7x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-13 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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