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Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 45239
Mineral:Stevensite pseudomorphs after Pectolite with Calcite, Quartz
Locality:New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Orange-brown stevensite pseudomorphs after fibrous pectolite crystals to 20 mm long with colorless quartz and calcite crystals around the periphery. The pectolite crystallized first then altered to stevensite but maintaining the original form. Ex. Upsala College
Overall Size:9x8x3 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm pseudos.
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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