AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite with Chlorite (or Stilpnomelane?) |
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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