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Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

Gmelinite with Prehnite from Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 76243
Mineral:Gmelinite with Prehnite
Locality:Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Unusually large compound crystals to 20 mm of rhombic lustrous translucent orange gmelinite crystals on gray basalt with spherical translucent green prehnite crystals to 5 mm. The surfaces of the gmelinite crystals are composed of smaller parallel faces. Ex. Wallace Goold Levison (1846-1924) #3946; collected 14 October 1911
Overall Size:5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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