| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Apophyllite with Chlorite inclusions with Prehnite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 80260 |
| Mineral: | Apophyllite with Chlorite inclusions with Prehnite |
| Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Sparkling double-sided cluster of lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 5 mm colored green by microscopic chlorite inclusions, with minor translucent green prehnite. The apophyllite formed over a spherical mineral that dissolved away. 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: | 8x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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