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Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (with phantom-growth zones) from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 75303
Mineral:Calcite (with phantom-growth zones)
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Three-sided transparent yellow calcite crystal with internal phantom-growth zones visible when looking straight on from the front. The surfaces of the calcite have silky luster caused by parallel microscopic crystal faces. Collected by Kurt Hennig ca. 1998
Overall Size:28x22x22 mm
Crystals:28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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