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Pectolite with pseudomorphic casts after Calcite from State Pit, Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Pectolite with pseudomorphic casts after Calcite from State Pit, Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with pseudomorphic casts after Calcite from State Pit, Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with pseudomorphic casts after Calcite from State Pit, Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 66022
Mineral:Pectolite with pseudomorphic casts after Calcite
Locality:State Pit, Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Cavity lined with fibrous white pectolite crystals in radiating aggregates with the slender pseudomorph casts from dissolved calcite crystals. In the center of the cavity, where the pectolite fully developed, there are many pink crystal terminations.
Overall Size:8.5x8x5.5 cm
Crystals:10-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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