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Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 64789
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Exceptionally large calcite crystals that almost completely filled the cavity resulting in scattered contacts where it was attached to the cavity walls. The calcite crystals are transparent, scalenohedral form, and in parallel orientation. Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011)
Overall Size:13x8x6 cm
Crystals:40-110 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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