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Calcite over Datolite, Prehnite, Actinolite-Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78400
Mineral:	Calcite over Datolite, Prehnite, Actinolite-Chlorite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Large 34 mm elongated scalenohedral transparent colorless calcite crystal over green prehnite and nearly colorless datolite with microscopic prismatic crystals of an unidentified mineral, probably actinolite or chlorite. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. Collected 17 September 1995.
Overall Size:	40x20x18 mm
Crystals:	micro to 34 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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