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Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 74531
Mineral:Datolite pseudomorphs after (Calcite or Quartz?) with minor Calcite and Pyrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous translucent pale-green datolite pseudomorphs after calcite or quartz(?) to 20 mm with lustrous transparent pale-yellow (nearly colorless) interpenetrant-twinned rhombohedral calcite crystals to 3 mm with yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals. Collected in 2000.
Overall Size:5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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