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Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 71398
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite
Locality:Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow calcite crystals to 11 mm on translucent bladed brown stilbite crystals to 1 mm on one edge if grainy matrix. The calcite crystals are rhombohedral form, are interpenetrant-twinned, and fluoresce white under SW UV. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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