Article
Unusual graphite crystals from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey
Rocks and Minerals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Disciplines
Abstract
Microcrystals of graphite occurring in the Franklin Marble at the Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, exhibit a variety of unusual and interesting morphologies that range from sharp hexagonal crystals to nearly spherical aggregates.
Citation Information
John A. Jaszczak. "Unusual graphite crystals from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey" Rocks and Minerals Vol. 72 Iss. 5 (1996) p. 330 - 334 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-jaszczak/5/
© 1997 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Publisher’s version of record: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00357529709605060
Republished in: The Picking Table: Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical
Society, Inc. 39(1), 20-24 (1998).
Also appears in: George F. Kunz Competition Papers 1996 (New York, New York Mineralogical Club, 1996) pp. 50-57 [3rd place]