AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Heulandite on Prehnite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 79669 |
Mineral: | Heulandite on Prehnite |
Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless heulandite crystals to 4 mm on translucent green prehnite crystals, in hemispherical aggregates to 5 mm diameter, with green basalt on the rear. Heulandite over prehnite is an uncommon paragenetic sequence at this quarry. Collected in 1980s to 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker |
Overall Size: | 5x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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