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Calcite with Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 54914
Mineral:Calcite with Prehnite
Locality:New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Doubly-terminated (or possibly twinned on the C-axis) translucent scalenohedral calcite crystal 60 mm long with translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals on depressed surfaces of the calcite where they interrupted the growth of the calcite. Ex. Edward J. Marcin
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:1-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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