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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78359
Mineral:	Calcite on Datolite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous transparent pale-yellow rhombohedral calcite crystal on a plate of lustrous transparent pale-green datolite crystals to 3 mm. The calcite crystal fluoresces white under longwave and shortwave UV illumination, and phosphoresces when extinguished. Collected 26 December 1994.
Overall Size:	32x25x18 mm
Crystals:	1-18 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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