AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Prehnite and Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49089 |
Mineral: | Prehnite and Calcite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous yellow-green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates to 14 mm diameter with transparent gray calcite crystals to 18 mm on gray-brown basalt from the upper levels at the quarry. One prehnite group shows thin cavities from bladed anhydrite. Collected by Martin Becker, author of Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry in Rocks and Minerals v.73 #5 |
Overall Size: | 10x10x5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-18 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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