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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78327 |
| Mineral: | Calcite (twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Translucent butterscotch-colored rhombohedral calcite crystals with remnants of matrix on the rear. The two large calcite crystals are contact-twinned on the {10*4} plane. Collected by, and from the collection of, the author of: The Fanwood Quarry. Ex. John Geiges collection #1102; ex. Frank Imbriacco collection; illustrated in Mineralogical Record v.41 #2, p. 167, fig. 11 |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x3.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-33 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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