AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 77840 |
Mineral: | Thomsonite over Calcite on Quartz with Pyrite |
Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
Description: | Parallel acicular white thomsonite crystals to 1 mm in epitactic overgrowth on translucent white calcite crystals to 12 mm on a plate of lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 4 mm with scattered overgrowth of yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals. Collected ca. 1975 |
Overall Size: | 7x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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