| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Hematite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 19991 |
| Mineral: | Hematite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Dramatic specimen of colorless quartz crystals up to 5 mm coated with blood-red hematite. Colorless calcite crystals are mixed between the quartz and do not have the hematite coating because the hematite was attracted to the piezoelectric quartz. |
| Overall Size: | 9x5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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