Prehnite ("finger cast")

Item Description

The Upper and Lower New Street Quarries are some of the most famous Trap Rock quarries in New Jersey and are probably most famous for its amazing and unique Prehnite casts after Anhydrite (sometimes called "fingers" or "snakeheads"). This specimen features a pristine 2.2 cm "finger"-shaped cast of Prehnite which has replaced preexisting Anhydrite assocaited with additional Prehnite casts and botryoidal Prehnite associated with minor Calcite on matrix. A great Trap Rock display specimen from this significant New Jersey locality.