Calcite on Datolite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 79221
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Mineral: | Calcite on Datolite
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Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals on pale yellow-green datolite. A 15 mm doubly terminated scalenohedral calcite crystal is perched on top of the other calcite crystals. The calcite fluoresces under LW and SW UV illumination. Collected in 1995. |
Overall Size: | 31x30x28 mm |
Crystals: | 4-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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