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Calcite with sector-zoned inclusions over Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78627
Mineral:	Calcite with sector-zoned inclusions over Apophyllite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Large rhombohedral transparent colorless calcite crystals to 19 mm over druzy apophyllite. The calcite crystals have sub-surface phantom-growth zones where microscopic crystals coated a smaller crystal face, then were enclosed within later calcite. The calcite fluoresces white under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected 11 September 1994.
Overall Size:	25x25x20 mm
Crystals:	micro to 19 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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