AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite on Prehnite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49690 |
Mineral: | Calcite on Prehnite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless pseudo-cubic calcite crystals to 10 mm with yellow-green prehnite crystals to 1 mm lining a shallow cavity in greenish basalt. The Millington Quarry is now closed and being converted into a housing development. |
Overall Size: | 5x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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