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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 78358
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Well-crystallized lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals over a thin plate of prehnite. The calcite crystals are complex form, resembling octahedrons with truncated corner faces, and fluoresce orange under longwave UV illumination. Collected 23 November 1995.
Overall Size:4x3x1 cm
Crystals:5-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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