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Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Chalcocite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 82054
Mineral:Chalcocite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Cluster of intersecting gray-metallic chalcocite crystals with blue chrysocolla in crevices between the crystals. Chalcocite, a copper sulfide mineral, is rare among the NJ zeolite cavities. The central chalcocite crystal is terminated. Ex. Miller collection T3022; ex. Betts #69549; collected by Kurt Hennig
Overall Size:31x19x14 mm
Crystals:2-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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