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Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 72693
Mineral:Calcite on Quartz with Goethite-Hematite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-yellow rhombohedral calcite crystals to 11 mm on transparent colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm with rosettes to 1 mm of dark-brown goethite and red-brown hematite microcrystals. The cluster is fully crystallized on all sides. Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011)
Overall Size:7x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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