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Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite over Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 66021
Mineral:Calcite over Prehnite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent pale-gray calcite crystals to 30 mm over translucent green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 9 mm diameter over gray basalt. The calcite crystals exhibit unusual overgrowth of a second generation of twinned calcite. Ex. Jim Vander Veer (Sussex, NJ)
Overall Size:13x10x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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