DESCRIPTION: | No. 79753
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Mineral: | Apophyllite and Goethite on Calcite
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Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 12 mm with bladed black-brown goethite crystals in spherical rosettes to 1.5 mm on transparent colorless calcite crystals to 4 mm. The main apophyllite crystal is equant with {101} corner faces. 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: | 30x26x22 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |