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Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with minor Prehnite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 79224
Mineral:Calcite with minor Prehnite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Two intersecting lustrous transparent rhombohedral colorless calcite crystals to 14 mm over translucent green prehnite. The calcite crystals fluoresce under LW and SW UV illumination. Collected 29 January 1995.
Overall Size:30x20x15 mm
Crystals:13-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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