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Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 80244
Mineral:Pectolite with Apophyllite and Pyrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Unusually large cavity lined with fibrous white pectolite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 25 mm diameter, with lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 1.5 mm, plus a 17 mm apophyllite, and yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.5 mm 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:14x12x9 mm
Crystals:micro to 17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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