| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Pectolite with Apophyllite on Datolite and Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79822 |
| Mineral: | Pectolite with Apophyllite on Datolite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Fibrous pink-white pectolite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 11 mm diameter, with partial overgrowth of transparent colorless apophyllite microcrystals and a 12 mm colorless calcite crystal, on green datolite crystals to 4 mm with 0.8 mm pyrite. 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: | 5.5x4x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.8-5.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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