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Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 81732
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Rounded knob covered on all sides with transparent-to-translucent pale-yellow calcite crystals. The calcite crystals are second-order scalenohedral form resulting in slender, tapering crystals. Ex. Miller collection T3602; ex. Betts #76481. Collected ca. 1995. This quarry is now closed forever and reclaimed
Overall Size:3x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:6-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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