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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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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. 78521
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystal with remnants of colorless datolite crystals on the bottom corner where it was attached. The calcite crystal is rhombohedral form with secondary {101} edge faces. Collected ca. 1995.
Overall Size:18x15x11 mm
Crystals:13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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