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Gmelinite on Calcite with Laumontite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Gmelinite on Calcite with Laumontite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite on Calcite with Laumontite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite on Calcite with Laumontite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 63346
Mineral:Gmelinite on Calcite with Laumontite
Locality:New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Thin basalt plate covered on one side with lustrous translucent pink-orange rhombic gmelinite crystals to 10 mm on transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 2.5 mm with prismatic white laumontite crystals in sprays to 3 mm across. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Si-159, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:6.5x5x1 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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