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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 51318
Mineral:Calcite on Datolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Green datolite completely coated with transparent calcite crystals that vary in form from pseudocubic to rhombohedral with secondary edge faces. The rear side of the large crystals on the left have a contact from where they intersected another crystal. Collected in 1987.
Overall Size:8.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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