Prehnite finger cast after Anhydrite metamorphic Specimen # WWMIX111910

Specimen # WWMIX111910

wonderful display specimens and excellent associations

A really cool "cast" (sometimes call an epimorph

with only a few contacts here and there

The piece was mined in the latter half of 2009

Prehnite finger cast after Anhydrite metamorphic Specimen # WWMIX111910A classic, single finger shaped cast of Prehnite after Anhydrite with good luster on the display side, and a slight coating of a secondary clay mineral on the back. The underside of the piece shows the square cross section of the once preexisting Anhydrite crystal that was the base for the cast. The Prospect Park Quarry is arguably the most famous mineral producing basalt quarry in New Jersey and, for over a century, has provided collectors with