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Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite and Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 64786
Mineral:Datolite and Calcite on Quartz
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent green datolite crystals to 8 mm with transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 10 mm on basalt coated with small gray quartz crystals to 1 mm (only exposed in a few areas). Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011)
Overall Size:12.5x8.5x7.5 cm
Crystals:1-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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