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Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 66103
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite with Stilbite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 14 mm on hollow translucent green prehnite pseudomorphs after prismatic anhydrite crystals to 25 mm with translucent brown bladed stilbite crystals to 10 mm. Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011); originally acquired ca. 1955
Overall Size:8x6x5.5 cm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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