AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite with minor Pectolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78398 |
Mineral: | Calcite with minor Pectolite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent yellow-gray calcite crystals to 16 mm with remnants of white pectolite on the bottom where they were attached. The calcite crystals are rhombic form (nearly pseudo-cubic) with parallel crystallization patterns on the faces. The calcite fluoresces white under UV illumination. Collected 22 October 1995 |
Overall Size: | 30x22x21 mm |
Crystals: | 2-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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