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Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78368
Mineral:Calcite with minor Prehnite and Laumontite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Cluster of lustrous white transparent-to-translucent scalenohedral calcite crystals, plus minor prehnite and laumontite, with remnants of greenish basalt on the bottom. The calcite crystals fluoresce white under longwave and shortwave UV illumination. Collected 2 May 1993
Overall Size:3.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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