AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Calcite with sector-zoned inclusions over Apophyllite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 78627 |
Mineral: | Calcite with sector-zoned inclusions over Apophyllite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Large rhombohedral transparent colorless calcite crystals to 19 mm over druzy apophyllite. The calcite crystals have sub-surface phantom-growth zones where microscopic crystals coated a smaller crystal face, then were enclosed within later calcite. The calcite fluoresces white under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected 11 September 1994. |
Overall Size: | 25x25x20 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 19 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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