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Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 31336
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Many crystals of golden-yellow calcite crystals on an irregular fragment of basalt. The calcite crystals fluoresce dimly under UV illumination and many are twinned. The crystals are often incomplete around the outside where they contacted matrix. Old collection #3177
Overall Size:10x6x5 cm
Crystals:3-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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