| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75581
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| Mineral: | Calcite with Quartz coating
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| Locality: | Hudson River Railroad tunnel, Anthony's Nose, east shore of Hudson River, Westchester County, New York |
| Description: | Tabular hexagonal calcite crystals to 50 mm with overgrowth of sparkling sugar-like transparent colorless quartz crystals to 0.5 mm found ca. 1847 during the construction of Hudson River Railroad on the east shore of the Hudson River. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1847; ex. David Garske #122; ex. David Crawford; see my article Anthony's Nose, New York: a Review of Three Mineral Localities (1998) |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-50 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
