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Chalcopyrite and Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Chalcopyrite and Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcopyrite and Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcopyrite and Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 52621
Mineral:Chalcopyrite and Calcite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Yellow-metallic botryoidal chalcopyrite crystals in spherical aggregates to 12 mm diameter with translucent brown scalenohedral calcite crystals to 15 mm. The surfaces of the chalcopyrite were polished to remove a surface alteration common at this site. Ex. K. Hennig, collected ca.1988
Overall Size:12x9x7 cm
Crystals:3-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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