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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 76901
Mineral:	Calcite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Unusually large (for this locality) single calcite crystal with two smaller calcite crystals on the side and no attached matrix. The calcite is scalenohedral form, with striated faces, and fluoresces orange under SW UV and white under LW UV illumination. Collected December 1995.
Overall Size:	4x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:	6-46 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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