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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

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. 53708
Mineral:Calcite on Prehnite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 16 mm on translucent green prehnite crystals to 1 mm in rounded aggregates to 5 mm diameter lining the surfaces of a cavity in gray basalt. The calcite fluoresces orange under UV illumination. Collected in 1997.
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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