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Prehnite

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Prehnite, 8.4 cm, from the Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Photo by Jeff Scovil.

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SpeciesPrehnite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.4 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, New Jersey, Upper New Street Quarry
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 101
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David Dinsmore

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Prehnite
Mineral guide
Learn about Prehnite
apple- to mint-green crystals and sculptural botryoidal/rosette forms; a calcium aluminum silicate formed in low-temp hydrothermal environments.
Prehnite
Regional guide
Prehnite from Upper New Street Quarry
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Locality guide
Upper New Street Quarry
Upper New Street Quarry, USA - classic Paterson trap-rock locality in New Jersey, famed for water-green prehnite and zeolites with sculptural forms.