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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 76960
Mineral:	Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless 23 mm rhombohedral calcite crystal on translucent green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates to 10 mm diameter. The calcite crystal is cleaved on the left rear where it was attached, and fluoresces under SW-LW UV. Collected in 1996.
Overall Size:	28x23x15 mm
Crystals:	1-23 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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