Crystal Prospect

CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals" - sold
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"

CHABAZITE and CHALCOPYITE on CALCITE - Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Light brown Chabazite-Ca penetration twin crystals, white Calcite, tiny golden Pyrite, single tarnished blocky Chalcopyrite crystal, and silvery Pyrolusite at the Calcite contact zone.

exhibits a weak orange-red LW and SW fluorescence

this specimen used to be mounted, there is a small amount of resin on the "base"

from Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Measures approximately 2 x 2 x 1.25 inch, 4.12 oz / 51 x 51 x 32 mm, 117g

this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: 9H5-GD7

Item # A0310814

SOLD

To show the fluorescent response the specimen was illuminated using 6 watt 254nm (Short Wave) / 366nm (Long Wave) UVGL-58 lamp (you need a proper UV light source to observe the fluorescence, more powerful lamp = brighter response).

CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"
CHABAZITE-Ca, CHALCOPYITE, PYRIE, PYROLUSITE, fluorescent CALCITE - Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA - ex Fred J Parker "Parker Minerals"