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Prehnite with Calcite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Prehnite with Calcite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Calcite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Calcite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 37393
Mineral:Prehnite with Calcite
Locality:New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent green to yellow-green prehnite crystals on colorless elongated scalenohedral calcite crystals. The prehnite crystals are both individual crystals (rare) and irregular aggregates, plus the normal botryoids up to 9 mm diameter. Ex. John Albanese (1898-1969), ex. John Albanese, Jr.; collected in 1912
Overall Size:9x6x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-5.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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