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MD-157571
Calcite, Quartz
Braen Quarry (Braen Stone Industry Quarry; Sam Braen Quarry), Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Cabinet, 9.6 x 9.2 x 5.0 cm
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The Braen's Quarry in New Jersey has been a seldom collection quarry for year, but has been a source of excellent Zeolite specimens and associated species. This piece features no Zeolites, but it hosts lovely golden Calcite scalenohedra which are wedged in the middle of a superb quality cast of Quartz after Anhydrite. The cast is especially nice because of the Anhydrite grew in several different directions, creating a wonderful three-dimensional effect. You can see the delicate, thin, bladed, cavities where the Anhdyrite once existed and dissolved away after the Quartz formed around them. A wonderful example of this fantastic phenomenon in the mineral world. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.