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Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78391
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Sparkling cluster of sugar-like lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals in rounded aggregates to 5 mm diameter. The calcite crystals on one side have microscopic overgrowth of an orange-brown unidentified mineral, probably goethite-hematite. Collected ca. 1994
Overall Size:25x20x14 mm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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