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Datolite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, Pectolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Datolite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, Pectolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, Pectolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, Pectolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 44827
Mineral:Datolite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, Pectolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Large plate of basalt coated on one face with pale-green datolite crystals to 3 mm with transparent colorless calcite crystals to 8 mm over amethystine quartz with white pectolite crystals to 4 mm plus many pseudomorphs after platy calcite crystals.
Overall Size:10x9x4 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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