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Calcite with Quartz and Hematite (ex Brian Kosnar collection)
- Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
- Start Time: 05/09/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/16/2013 6:50:58 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
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 a pale golden Calcite crystals meauring up to 7 mm which are associated with small sparkling crystals of Quartz with minor Hematite ("Specularite") and Pyrite on matrix. You can see the Hematite under magnification, and I photographed them under the microscope to better illustrate their quality. A wonderful example from this well known NJ locale.