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Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 79931
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite and unusual zoned micro surface coating
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 6 mm with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.5 mm. The calcite crystals have unusual zoned overgrowth of unidentified dark-gray microcrystals, possibly goethite or hematite. Collected 1995.
Overall Size:6.5x6x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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