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Calcite (twinned crystals) with Laumontite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) with Laumontite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Laumontite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 8586
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals) with Laumontite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Transparent-to-translucent scalenohedral colorless calcite crystals 50 mm across that are actually two crystals twinned on the C-axis {111) with distinct twin plane and indicative reentrant faces, plus white laumontite throughout.
Overall Size:5.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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