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Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 66024
Mineral:Gmelinite over Prehnite and Calcite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous pale-orange gmelinite crystals to 6 mm over translucent green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 5 mm diameter, and transparent colorless calcite crystals to 10 mm. Good gmelinite crystals from New Jersey are difficult to find. Ex. Jim Vander Veer (Sussex, NJ)
Overall Size:9x6.5x5 cm
Crystals:1-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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