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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78046
Mineral:	Calcite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Large lustrous transparent pale-yellow calcite crystal with remnants of datolite microcrystals in areas where it was attached. The calcite crystal is rhombohedral form with secondary edge faces with linear patterns on the faces. Smaller crystals on side. The calcite fluoresces pink-orange under SW UV and white under LW UV illumination. Collected 17 December 1995.
Overall Size:	30x29x18 mm
Crystals:	micro to 20 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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