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Pectolite, Prehnite, Datolite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77939
Mineral:	Pectolite, Prehnite, Datolite
Locality:	Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:	Fibrous white pectolite crystals to 22 mm in tapered radial aggregates to 34 mm on translucent green botryoidal prehnite with scattered lustrous transparent pale-green datolite crystals to 5 mm. The pectolite terminations surfaces fluoresce under UV. Collected by Nick Facciolla (1907-2008), author of Minerals of Laurel Hill, N.J.
Overall Size:	4.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:	3-22 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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