AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite (twinned crystals) over Stilbite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 80214 |
Mineral: | Calcite (twinned crystals) over Stilbite |
Locality: | Moore's Station Quarry, 44 km northeast of Philadelphia, Mercer County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent pale-gray calcite crystals to 28 mm completely coating an earlier generation of bladed orange-brown stilbite crystals to 8 mm. The large calcite crystals are interpenetrant-twinned scalenohedral form. Collected ca. 1998 |
Overall Size: | 7x5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-28 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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