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Pyrite on Datolite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Pyrite on Datolite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pyrite on Datolite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 48882
Mineral:Pyrite on Datolite with Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Showy cluster of sparkling yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1 mm on translucent pale-green datolite crystals to 5 mm with minor translucent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 6 mm. Pyrite, a sulfide mineral, is rare in N.J. zeolite cavities.
Overall Size:8x6.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-6.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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