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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77973
Mineral:	Calcite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless (slightly yellow tint) calcite crystals on white matrix. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form, with striated faces, and fluoresces pink-orange under SW UV and white under LW UV illumination. End group is restored. Collected 26 December 1994.
Overall Size:	5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:	7-27 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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