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Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78617
Mineral:Calcite with inclusions of Pyrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 2 mm on face of gray basalt. The calcite crystals have scattered microscopic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals on the surfaces and unusual gray inclusions of an unidentified mineral (never seen before). Collected on 15 September 1996.
Overall Size:5.5x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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