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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 79832
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz on Datolite with Chamosite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Unusually large 22 mm amethyst quartz crystal surrounded by smaller colorless quartz crystals over translucent green datolite crystals to 4 mm with scattered black chamosite microcrystals on the datolite, and included within the quartz. 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:6.5x4.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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