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The 2016 NY/NJ Show - Hershel Friedman NJ Stilbite Case

Continuing along with our posts of the NY/NJ Gem & Mineral Show, this one focuses on the display case that I organized on Stilbites of New Jersey. The traprock quarries of New Jersey have produced the best Stilbites in the United States, and rank among the best in the world for the finest Stilbites.


Being that this show took place in New Jersey, I felt it was appropriate to have a theme based on an important local mineral. This post shows some of the individual Stilbite specimens in my display exhibit at the show.


The colors of these photos are slightly off. That's because the lighting of the case was using two different bulb types: one warm and one cool. (I only noticed this after the case was already set and locked.)


NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show NJ Stilbite Hershel Friedman
Some of the Stilbites in the Display Case

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show NJ Stilbite Hershel Friedman Prospect Park, NJ
Stilbite on Quartz Matrix from Prospect Park, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show NJ Stilbite Hershel Friedman Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Stilbite "Mushroom" from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show NJ Stilbite Hershel Friedman Orange Houdaille Quarry, Montclair, NJ
Orange Stilbite with Calcite from the Houdaille Quarry, Montclair, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show Hershel Friedman Stilbite Balls with Heulandite from Braen's Quarry, Haledon, NJ
Stilbite Balls with Heulandite from Braen's Quarry, Haledon, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show Hershel Friedman Stilbite Bowtie with Chalcopyrite on Calcite from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Stilbite Bowtie with Chalcopyrite on Calcite from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show Hershel Friedman Stilbite Brown Stilbite from Prospect Park, NJ
Brown Stilbite from Prospect Park, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show Hershel Friedman Stilbite Stilbite Prospect Park, NJ
Stilbite "Ladder" from Prospect Park, NJ

NY/NJ Edison Mineral Show Hershel Friedman Stilbite Stilbite Fan from from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Stilbite "Fan" from from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ