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Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 73028
Mineral:Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after bladed Anhydrite crystals
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Large cluster of lustrous translucent green prehnite crystals in rounded aggregates to 14 mm diameter with many thin rectangular pseudomorphic cavities after bladed anhydrite crystals to 30 mm. The prehnite formed over anhydrite that later dissolved. From my personal collection #69; collected by Bob Neukum ca. 1985
Overall Size:12x11x8 cm
Crystals:2-5 mm, 10-30 mm casts
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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