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Calcite on Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78105
Mineral:	Calcite on Prehnite with pseudomorphic cavities after Calcite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless rhombic calcite crystals to 11 mm on translucent green prehnite in rounded formations to 6 mm diameter with thin pseudomorphic cavities after bladed calcite crystals. Prehnite crystallized over calcite that later dissolved. Collected 26 July 1997.
Overall Size:	3.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 11 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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