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Quartz pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Calcite, Stilbite, Babingtonite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Quartz pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Calcite, Stilbite, Babingtonite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Calcite, Stilbite, Babingtonite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 44865
Mineral:Quartz pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Calcite, Stilbite, Babingtonite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Large plate covered with colorless 1 mm quartz crystal epimorphs after rectangular anhydrite crystals to 15 mm long, plus translucent brown stilbite crystals to 7 mm, pseudocubic colorless calcite crystals to 5 mm and green-gray rosettes of babingtonite. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #6595; originally acquired in 1984
Overall Size:15x10x3 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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