Stilbite - Moore's Station, New Jersey
From a classic northeast locality; Moore’s Station, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA! This matrix features a bed of calcite with nice creamy orange/brown stilbite crystals adorning one side. The other side nearly completely stilbite with chlorite coating. This specimen, likely dates to the mid 80s or early 90s.
Near the Delaware river in Mercer County, New Jersey sits Moore’s Station Quarry, owned by Traprock industries since 1982. Due to heavy industrial presence, collecting at the site has been limited over the years. Specimens still have trickled out, especially prior to Traprock industries acquiring the site, and during its abandonment from 1932 until 1982.
Specimen measures: 3.26×2.48×0.96 inches (83.0×63.1×24.5mm) 116 grams
From a classic northeast locality; Moore’s Station, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA! This matrix features a bed of calcite with nice creamy orange/brown stilbite crystals adorning one side. The other side nearly completely stilbite with chlorite coating. This specimen, likely dates to the mid 80s or early 90s.
Near the Delaware river in Mercer County, New Jersey sits Moore’s Station Quarry, owned by Traprock industries since 1982. Due to heavy industrial presence, collecting at the site has been limited over the years. Specimens still have trickled out, especially prior to Traprock industries acquiring the site, and during its abandonment from 1932 until 1982.
Specimen measures: 3.26×2.48×0.96 inches (83.0×63.1×24.5mm) 116 grams
From a classic northeast locality; Moore’s Station, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA! This matrix features a bed of calcite with nice creamy orange/brown stilbite crystals adorning one side. The other side nearly completely stilbite with chlorite coating. This specimen, likely dates to the mid 80s or early 90s.
Near the Delaware river in Mercer County, New Jersey sits Moore’s Station Quarry, owned by Traprock industries since 1982. Due to heavy industrial presence, collecting at the site has been limited over the years. Specimens still have trickled out, especially prior to Traprock industries acquiring the site, and during its abandonment from 1932 until 1982.
Specimen measures: 3.26×2.48×0.96 inches (83.0×63.1×24.5mm) 116 grams