AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Prehnite with Albite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 70959 |
Mineral: | Prehnite with Albite |
Locality: | Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
Description: | Sculptural formation of pale translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 4 mm diameter with sharp white albite microcrystals to 0.5 mm covering the front surfaces of gray basalt with greenish-brown clay coating on the rear. Ex. R. Kreider collection; collected ca. 1980 |
Overall Size: | 11x8x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-2.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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