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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 77884
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Cluster of interconnected large transparent-to-translucent pale-yellow (nearly colorless) rhombohedral calcite crystals with remnants of greenish-white datolite where they were attached. The calcite crystals fluoresce under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected on 4 April 1995.
Overall Size:8x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:5-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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