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Calcite on Datolite with Pyrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77974
Mineral:	Calcite on Datolite with Pyrite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous 23 mm transparent pale-yellow calcite crystal on pale green datolite crystals to 3 mm with scattered pyrite microcrystals. The calcite crystal is rhombohedral form and fluoresces dull-yellow under SW UV and white under LW UV illumination. Collected 31 March 1996.
Overall Size:	6x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:	micro to 23 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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