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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 73320
Mineral:	Apophyllite with Calcite on Datolite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Large sparkling cluster of lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 3 mm on translucent pale-green datolite with lustrous rhombic-to-pseudocubic transparent colorless calcite crystals to 12 mm. Note the thin molds of platy calcite crystals. From my personal collection #451; collected in June 1994. The calcite crystals fluoresce white under LW and SW ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:	11x10x7 cm
Crystals:	1-12 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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