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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 81966
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Two lustrous twinned transparent greenish-yellow calcite crystals with remnants of green datolite-prehnite included in the bottom. These are twinned similar to the calcite crystals from the Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine. Ex. Miller collection T2584; ex. Betts #58737. This quarry is now closed forever and reclaimed
Overall Size:32x22x18 mm
Crystals:20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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