| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Stilbite-Ca and Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 45803 |
| Mineral: | Stilbite-Ca and Calcite |
| Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Unusual pink crystals of translucent stilbite to 10 mm with scattered doubly-terminated colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 8 mm. The pink color of the stilbite appears to be due to microscopic red hematite inclusions in the outer layers. |
| Overall Size: | 16x13x7 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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