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Calcite with Quartz and Goethite overgrowth from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 76624
Mineral:	Calcite with Quartz and Goethite overgrowth
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Translucent colorless scalenohedral 26 mm calcite crystal overgrown with sparkling sugar-like colorless quartz microcrystals with microscopic brown goethite crystals. The calcite crystal fluoresces yellow under LW and SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:	28x12x11 mm
Crystals:	micro to 26 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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