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M1196
AMPHIBOLE
Amity, Orange County, NY, USA
Green amphibole crystal of textbook form in
marble with rotted sulfide. It is not known for
sure which amphibole this is. We always called
this material 'pargasite'. It fluoresces a moder-
ately intense greenish blue under short-wave UV light.
Specimen size - approx. 5.5 cm. X 5.0 cm. X 2.2 cm.
M0338
GRAPHITE
Hamburg, Sussex County, NJ, USA
Graphite rosette in scapolite and diopside.
Specimen size - approx. 9.5 cm. X 7.0 cm. X 5.0 cm.
M1005
APATITE
Hamburg, Sussex County, NJ, USA
Green hexagonal apatite prism in marble. This
apatite fluoresces blue under short-wave UV
light.
Specimen size - approx. 6.0 cm. X 5.0 cm. X 2.5 cm.
M1819
SCAPOLITE
Hamburg, Sussex County, NJ, USA
Pale grey scapolite crystals in marble with
titanite. It is not known which member of the
scapolite group this is.
Specimen size 10.0 cm. X 7.0 cm. X 6.5 cm.
M1824
TITANITE
Hamburg, Sussex County, NJ, USA
Brown titanite crystal in marble. The titanite
was associated with scapolite, diopside, and
phlogopite near a gneiss/marble contact.
Specimen size 7.7 cm. X 4.0 cm. X 2.5 cm.