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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 74623
Mineral:Calcite on Datolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 5 mm on lustrous yellow-green datolite crystals to 1.5 mm. The calcite crystals are rhombohedral form and some have milky phantom-growth zones. Collected in 2000.
Overall Size:24x21x11 mm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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