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Tremolite with Graphite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Tremolite with Graphite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Tremolite with Graphite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Tremolite with Graphite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Tremolite with Graphite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 50432
Mineral:Tremolite with Graphite
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Elongates tapered translucent gray tremolite crystals to 35 mm on limonite-stained marble matrix with bright metallic graphite crystals to 4 mm from a large water-course that naturally dissolved the surrounding marble, but not the tremolite. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #662, collected in 1993
Overall Size:11x10x3 cm
Crystals:1-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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