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Calcite with selective overgrowths from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with selective overgrowths from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with selective overgrowths from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with selective overgrowths from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 48465
Mineral:Calcite with selective overgrowths
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 7 mm high with selective overgrowth of bronze-colored microcrystals of an unidentified mineral (chlorite or pyrite or possibly stilpnomelane?) with colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm.
Overall Size:5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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