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Galena and Barite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Galena and Barite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena and Barite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 36318
Mineral:Galena and Barite
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Brilliant crystals of metallic galena in frozen in white marble matrix with opaque white barite from the famous Mississippi Valley-Type mineralization encountered in 1992-3. For more info see FOMS Picking Table, Spring/Summer 1993.
Overall Size:7x6x3 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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