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Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz var. Banded Agate from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49035
Mineral:Quartz var. Banded Agate
Locality:Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent gray-to-brown banded quartz agate lining cavity walls in altered basalt with the center of the cavity filled with colorless transparent quartz crystals with lustrous terminations. Ex. Wilfred R. Welsh collection #1489
Overall Size:8x6x6 cm
Crystals:3-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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