Natrolite
specimen number:
2062681
location:
Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA
description: Laurel Hill, historically known as Snake Hill, is a prominent igneous rock intrusion located in Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, along a bend in the Hackensack River. Formed millions of years ago, the site was historically utilized for extensive quarrying and is well known to mineral collectors as a locality where fine crystallized specimens of natrolite, a zeolite group mineral often forming slender, needle-like crystals in rock cavities, have been discovered.
A loose cluster of colorless prismatic opaque natrolite crystals. Slight micro-damage present, still nice.
Size: 2.6 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm (thumbnail)
Collection: Ray DeMark
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