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Pectolite on Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Pectolite on Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite on Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 34029
Mineral:Pectolite on Datolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Portion of a cavity with mint-green datolite completely overgrown with pale-pink pectolite crystals up to 10 mm long. The pectolite crystals are individual, terminated crystals - not the mammilary aggregates that pectolite commonly forms.
Overall Size:8x6x5 cm
Crystals:5-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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