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Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 79678
Mineral:Chabazite with dissolution etching after Gmelinite
Locality:Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Triangular plate of lustrous translucent pale pink-orange chabazite crystals to 14 mm. The surfaces of the chabazite crystals have microscopic dissolution etching typical of crystals that were intergrown with gmelinite, which later dissolved away. Collected in 1980s to 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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