Calcite with Stilbite from Long Dock Co. Bergen Tunnel (complete 1861), Hudson County, New Jersey
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73162
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| Mineral: | Calcite with Stilbite
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| Locality: | Long Dock Co. Bergen Tunnel (complete 1861), Hudson County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent yellow rhombohedral calcite crystals to 30 mm with select faces overgrown with bladed colorless-to-gray stilbite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite crystals formed in a fracture zone that allowed late calcite-stilbite mineralization. Ex. George A Popplein collection at Johns Hopkins University #270-B4 |
| Overall Size: | 13x7x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-30.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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