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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 78224
Mineral:Calcite with Pectolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Uncommonly large (for this locality) lustrous transparent pale-yellow (nearly colorless) rhombohedral calcite crystal with fibrous white pectolite crystals in radial aggregates to 8 mm diameter on the bottom where the calcite crystal was attached. Collected in May 1995 during NYMC field trip.
Overall Size:4x3x3 cm
Crystals:2-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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