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Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Prehnite from New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 71219
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 3 mm over lustrous translucent green prehnite crystals in rounded aggregates to 11 mm diameter. Microcrystals of a brown mineral (aragonite?) are in crevices between the calcite crystals. Ex. St. Lawrence University Collection; ex. Howard E. Moore (1926-2011); collected ca. 1950
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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