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Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78234
Mineral:Calcite on Datolite-Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 9 mm on pale-green datolite and prehnite pseudomorphs after plat anhydrite crystals to 25 mm. Anhydrite grew first, was coated with datolite and prehnite, then anhydrite dissolved. Collected 26 February 1995.
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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