AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite with Goethite inclusions

Search

 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - 
Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 77820
Mineral:Calcite with Goethite inclusions
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Round cluster completely covered on the top with transparent-to-translucent pale-yellow calcite crystals with microscopic brown-black goethite inclusions. The calcite crystals are second-order scalenohedral form resulting in slender, tapering crystals. Collected ca. 1995.
Overall Size:9x7x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;