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

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78230
Mineral:	Calcite on Datolite
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Concave plate of translucent pale-green datolite crystals to 4 mm with a 7 mm compound crystal of transparent brown calcite. The calcite is composed of many rhombohedral crystals in parallel orientation and fluoresces yellow under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:	4x4x2 cm
Crystals:	1-7 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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