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Stilbite-Ca with Calcite from Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey

 
Stilbite-Ca with Calcite from Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey

Stilbite-Ca with Calcite from Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey

Stilbite-Ca with Calcite from Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Stilbite-Ca with Calcite from Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 45899
Mineral:Stilbite-Ca with Calcite
Locality:Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent orange-brown bladed stilbite crystals to 7 mm in fan-shaped aggregates to 10 mm across on a thin plate of translucent rhombohedral calcite crystals to 3 mm across with transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite microcrystals on select faces. Ex. Anthony Schumacher (1894-1965); ex. John A. Grenzig (1863-1944)
Overall Size:7x5.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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