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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Pectolite and Prehnite with Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49635
Mineral:Pectolite and Prehnite with Calcite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Plates of translucent green prehnite crystals to 4 mm intergrown with radiating white fibrous pectolite crystals to 40 mm. The top surfaces are covered with smaller sprays of white pectolite crystals coated with colorless calcite microscopic crystals.
Overall Size:13x8x7 cm
Crystals:micro to 40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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