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Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 74749
Mineral:Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?)
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous translucent pale-green datolite pseudomorphs after calcite or quartz(?) to 13 mm with many small lustrous transparent colorless interpenetrant-twinned rhombohedral calcite crystals to 1 mm with minor yellow-metallic pyrite on one edge. Collected in 2000.
Overall Size:7.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:4-13 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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