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Calcite on Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite on Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite on Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49719
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Transparent-to-translucent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 25 mm on translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals to 3 mm in botryoidal aggregates to 6 mm diameter. The calcite crystals fluoresce under UV illumination. collected in 1996.
Overall Size:7.5x6x2 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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