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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 82562
Mineral:Pectolite with Pyrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Radiating acicular white pectolite crystals to 16 mm in pale-pink hemispherical formations to 28 mm across with many yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals on the surfaces (hundreds are visible under magnification). Note the thin cavities after calcite. Ex. Miller collection T3396; ex. Betts #75247; collected by Kurt Hennig ca. 1995.
Overall Size:32x32x15 mm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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