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Prehnite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Prehnite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Prehnite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 31503
Mineral:Prehnite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Botryoidal greenish-yellow prehnite in spherical aggregates up to 6 mm diameter. The surface of the prehnite has minute, lustrous crystal faces that gives it a pleasing sparkle. Prehnite is not a common mineral from this seldom-collected locality. Old collection #992
Overall Size:5.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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