Fig. 4. Graphite from Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey
Unusual Graphite Crystals
from Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey
Fig. 4.
A well-formed, lustrous graphite crystal (0.6 mm)
showing part of one of the typical basal pinacoid faces as
well as several modifying faces. The crystal is partially
embedded in calcite and associated with an orange-brown
phlogopite crystal.
John A. Jaszczak specimen #1556h and photo.
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