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Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 52632
Mineral:Chalcocite vein with pockets of Chrysocolla on Calcite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Dark metallic vein of chalcocite exposed along one edge of brown basalt with several convoluted cavities lined with bright green botryoidal chrysocolla and scalenohedral chrysocolla-stained calcite crystals to 8 mm. Ex. Robert Hauck collection, co-founder of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Overall Size:10.5x8.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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