Mineral Specimen #3997 Blue Babingtonite on Quartz
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
1.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 in
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Ex. A. C. Moretta #720, Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum
On a bed of white small, white colored Quartz crystals rests four spherical aggregates of Babbingtonite crystals which are unusual blue gray color quite uncommon for the species. There is an unidentified, small, clear crystals on one of the aggregates, possibly Apophyllite.
The specimen is in excellent condition with no appreciable damage.
This mineral is also found in the following galleries: Minerals From New York, New Jersey and New England | Inosilicates | Minerals Priced Between 50 and 99 Dollars
