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Calcite on Prehnite from Braen's Son's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Prehnite from Braen's Son's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from Braen's Son's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from Braen's Son's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 59727
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:Braen's Son's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Brown basalt with a see-through pocket in lined with yellowish prehnite spheres to 3 mm and a 15 mm translucent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystal. Collected in 1949. Ex Jeff Weissman collection #1214; ex. Betts #11324; ex. J. Weigand collection, collected in 1949
Overall Size:9x8x3 cm
Crystals:3-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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