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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78060
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Two twinned greenish-brown rhombohedral calcite crystals on an earlier generation of colorless calcite crystals. The calcite crystals are V-twinned on the {01*8} planes resulting in the shallow reentrant angle on the top surfaces. Collected 26 February 1995.
Overall Size:27x16x15 mm
Crystals:3-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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