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Datolite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Datolite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 77984
Mineral:Datolite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Unusually large crystals of lustrous pale yellow-green transparent-to-translucent datolite with no matrix. The datolite crystals have transparent areas allowing observation of the double-refraction inherent in datolite (similar to calcite). Originally acquired in 1992
Overall Size:22x20x16 mm
Crystals:2-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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