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Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78621
Mineral:Quartz (amethystine) over Calcite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous pale pink-purple (nearly colorless) transparent quartz crystals to 2 mm in linear formations to 12 mm long, plus minor pyrite-goethite microcrystals, over lustrous transparent colorless pseudocubic calcite crystals to 2.5 mm. Collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:3.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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