| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75590
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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: | Large cluster of tabular hexagonal calcite crystals to 55 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; originally acquired in 2002 from Phil Scalisi; see my article Anthony's Nose, New York: a Review of Three Mineral Localities (1998) |
| Overall Size: | 12x8x6 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 55 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
