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Gmelinite and Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Gmelinite and Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite and Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite and Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite and Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 76213
Mineral:Gmelinite and Calcite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Complexly etched lustrous translucent orange-brown gmelinite crystals with lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 3 mm on greenish basalt. The gmelinite crystals have parallel faces that reflect illumination simultaneously. Ex. Franklin Mineral Museum (N.J.); ex. Joe Orosc; collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:4x2.5x1 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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