AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Stilbite and Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76209 |
Mineral: | Stilbite and Calcite |
Locality: | Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey |
Description: | Large plate of lustrous translucent orange-brown bladed stilbite crystals to 8 mm in tapered aggregates of subparallel crystals with translucent gray calcite crystals to 15 mm that tabular hexagonal form dominated by rhombohedral terminations faces. Ex. John Geiges collection. The calcite fluoresce red under SW and pink under LW ultraviolet illumination |
Overall Size: | 11.5x11x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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