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Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite from Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 71399
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals) with Stilbite
Locality:Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Thin plate of lustrous translucent brown bladed stilbite crystals to 3 mm with overgrowth of larger lustrous transparent yellow rhombohedral calcite crystals to 15 mm surrounded by many smaller calcite crystals to 1 mm. One calcite pair is twinned. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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