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

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

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

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

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

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

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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