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Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite on Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 74435
Mineral:Calcite on Quartz
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent 10 mm pale-yellow (nearly colorless) rhombohedral calcite crystal on lustrous transparent pale-gray quartz crystals to 5 mm lining the portion of a cavity in greenish basalt. The calcite crystals is complex form. Collected in 2000
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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