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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78370
Mineral:	Calcite with unusual inclusions on Datolite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous 12 mm transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystal on translucent pale-green datolite. The calcite crystal has unusual green inclusions and fluoresces white under longwave and shortwave UV illumination, and phosphoresces when extinguished. Collected 26 December 1994.
Overall Size:	4.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:	12 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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