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Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 71023
Mineral:Calcite interpenetrant-twinned crystals
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Large (for the locality) transparent colorless pseudo-cubic calcite crystals with matrix on one edge. The calcite crystals are interpenetrant twinned, similar to the calcite crystals from Kazakhstan. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1988
Overall Size:38x28x18 mm
Crystals:9-21 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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