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Datolite with Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Datolite with Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49694
Mineral:Datolite with Pyrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent pale-green datolite crystals to 3 mm with many yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals scattered over the terminations of the datolite crystals. Pyrite is a sulfide, and rarely found in the NJ zeolite cavities.
Overall Size:6.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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