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Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 79845
Mineral:Prehnite with Albite and Chlorite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent green bladed prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 12 mm diameter with small groups of orange-white albite crystals to 1 mm and microscopic green-black chlorite crystals in rosette-shaped aggregates to 1 mm diameter. 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:3.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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