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Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 80239
Mineral:Thomsonite on Prehnite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Extraordinarily large pocket lined with translucent green prehnite in hemispherical aggregates to 15 mm diameter, overgrown with translucent white acicular thomsonite crystals in doubly-terminated tapered aggregates to 9 mm long. Thomsonite is rare. Collected in 1980s to 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker
Overall Size:14x14x11 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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