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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 38436 |
| Mineral: | Halotrichite and Melanterite |
| Locality: | West Jersey Marl Co. Quarry, (Barnsboro, Gloucester County), New Jersey |
| Description: | Glass vial filled with granular gray mixture of halotrichite and melanterite, the weathering product of iron-pyrite. Note this came from a pit of the West Jersey Marl Co., the source of the first complete dinosaur fossil (hadrosaurus) in the US. Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia collection #8235, presented by Henry Carvill Lewis (1853-1888) |
| Overall Size: | 13x5 cm vial |
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| Archived: | For reference only |
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