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Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

 
Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite from 700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 69829
Mineral:Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite
Locality:700' level, Sta.167, Queens Tunnel of NYC Water Tunnel #3, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York
Description:Translucent colorless rhombic calcite crystals to 2 mm in complex rosette-shaped aggregates to 4 mm over bladed translucent brown stilbite crystals to 5 mm and a 1 mm group of yellow-metallic pyrite crystals on fine-grained garnetiferous gneiss. One of forty specimens recovered by Charles Merguerian from the new water tunnel under New York City in 1999
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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