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Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 77840
Mineral:Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Parallel acicular white thomsonite crystals to 1 mm in epitactic overgrowth on translucent white calcite crystals to 12 mm on a plate of lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 4 mm with scattered overgrowth of yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals. Collected ca. 1975
Overall Size:7x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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