AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Sphalerite on Prehnite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49094 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on Prehnite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Two large compound crystals to 8 mm across of translucent dark-yellow sphalerite on translucent green botryoidal prehnite on basalt. Sphalerite crystals (a sulfide mineral) are rare in NJ zeolite cavities and these were the largest I ever collected. |
Overall Size: | 10x8x6 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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