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Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 63422
Mineral:Chalcocite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Gray-metallic chalcocite crystal with no surrounding matrix. The chalcocite crystal has lustrous striated prism faces with complex termination coated with green chrysocolla. This is a large chalcocite crystal from this seldom-collected locality. Collected by Kurt Hennig ca. 1990
Overall Size:17x15x10 mm
Crystals:17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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