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Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Datolite with minor Prehnite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78301
Mineral:Datolite with minor Prehnite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous pale yellow-green transparent-to-translucent datolite crystals to 17 mm with translucent green prehnite spheres to 3 mm on greenish basalt. The transparent datolite crystals exhibit double-refraction inherent in datolite (similar to calcite). Ex. Bryan Davis collection
Overall Size:11x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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