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Calcite with Prehnite over Laumontite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78634
Mineral:	Calcite with Prehnite over Laumontite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous transparent pale yellow-gray calcite crystals to 34 mm, with minor green prehnite on the edge, that grew over white laumontite. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form, with surfaces composed of microscopic parallel faces. The calcite fluoresces orange under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1995.
Overall Size:	4.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:	1-34 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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