Thomsonite on Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 80239
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| Mineral: | Thomsonite on Prehnite
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| Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Extraordinarily large pocket lined with translucent green prehnite in hemispherical aggregates to 15 mm diameter, overgrown with translucent white acicular thomsonite crystals in doubly-terminated tapered aggregates to 9 mm long. Thomsonite is rare. Collected in 1980s to 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker |
| Overall Size: | 14x14x11 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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