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Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 82356
Mineral:Prehnite with Quartz pseudomorphs after Glauberite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates to 14 mm diameter intergrown with white quartz microcrystalline pseudomorphs after prismatic glauberite crystals to 23 mm. The surfaces of the prehnite are composed of micro crystal faces. Ex. Miller collection T3588; ex. Betts #76812; collected ca. 1970 by Joe Arons (1907-2002)
Overall Size:27x25x20 mm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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