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Silver, Calcite

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Wire silver with calcite, 5 cm, from the Prospect Park quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey. (See Richard Hauck’s 1986 article “History of a trap rock silver” in The Mineralogical Record, vol. 17, no. 6.) Photo by Jeff Scovil.

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SpeciesSilver, Calcite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions5.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, New Jersey, Prospect Park Quarry
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 449
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Silver
Mineral guide
Learn about Silver
native silver with wire, leaf, and dendritic forms, bright luster and patina; prized for rare isometric crystals and iconic localities in collections.
Silver
Regional guide
Silver from Prospect Park Quarry
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Locality guide
Prospect Park Quarry
Prospect Park Quarry, USA — renowned for green prehnite with hollow epimorphs, rich basalt cavities, and a key collector locality in Paterson–Passaic County.