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Babingtonite on Calcite with Thomsonite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Babingtonite on Calcite with Thomsonite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Babingtonite on Calcite with Thomsonite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Babingtonite on Calcite with Thomsonite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 52498
Mineral:Babingtonite on Calcite with Thomsonite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Double-sided specimen of lustrous colorless calcite crystals to 4 mm with rosette-shaped groups to 6 mm diameter of bladed babingtonite crystals to 1 mm that have a gray surface alteration to actinolite, plus hemispherical thomsonite crystals to 1 mm. Ex. John Geiges collection #883
Overall Size:5.5x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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