Apophyllite on Pectolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79736
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| Mineral: | Apophyllite on Pectolite
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| Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-green doubly-terminated apophyllite crystals to 20 mm on fibrous white pectolite crystals to 8 mm in convex aggregates of radiating crystals. The apophyllite crystals are square prisms with pyramidal terminations. Collected in 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker, author of Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry in Rocks and Minerals v.73 #5 |
| Overall Size: | 5x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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