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Heulandite-Ca on Calcite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with casts after Glauberite from McKiernan and Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Heulandite-Ca on Calcite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with casts after Glauberite from McKiernan and Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Heulandite-Ca on Calcite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with casts after Glauberite from McKiernan and Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Heulandite-Ca on Calcite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with casts after Glauberite from McKiernan and Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 43642
Mineral:Heulandite-Ca on Calcite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with casts after Glauberite
Locality:McKiernan and Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Sparkling gray calcite pseudomorphs after hemispherical aggregates to 35 mm across of radiating pectolite crystals with rhombic casts after prismatic glauberite crystals with brown stilbite to 3 mm. One corner reveals white pectolite crystalline core. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #2187; ex. Ron Bentley in 1980
Overall Size:5x4x2 cm
Crystals:10-35 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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