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Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite with Apophyllite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 74447
Mineral:Datolite with Apophyllite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-green datolite crystals to 5 mm over gray basalt (some exhibiting hollow pseudomorphs) with colorless transparent apophyllite crystals to 0.5 mm. Some of the datolite crystals are pinkish, possibly due to limonite staining. From my personal collection; collected in 2000.
Overall Size:10.5x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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