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Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 64736
Mineral:Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?)
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Double-sided plate of transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals with shiny coating of a bronze-colored mineral, tentatively identified as chlorite, though the bronze color is more typical of stilpnomelane. Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011); collected by Jones in 1967
Overall Size:5x4.5x1 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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