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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Prehnite, Calcite, Apophyllite, Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Prehnite, Calcite, Apophyllite, Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 77812
Mineral:Prehnite, Calcite, Apophyllite, Datolite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Translucent green prehnite spherical formations to 25 mm diameter with transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 12 mm intermixed with tabular rectangular pale-green apophyllite crystals to 6 mm and crusts of pale-green datolite. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. Collected 26 February 1995.
Overall Size:10.5x7.5x6 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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