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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79739 |
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Pristine cluster of transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 25 mm on an earlier generation of translucent white calcite. The calcite crystals have internal inclusions of dark microcrystals, probably chamosite. 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: | 5x2.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 25 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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