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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 79706
Mineral:Stilbite and Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous transparent rhombohedral yellow calcite crystals to 22 mm intermixed with bladed translucent brown stilbite crystals to 6 mm in hemispherical aggregates to 12 mm diameter lining a concave partial cavity in greenish basalt. Collected in 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker, author of Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry in Rocks and Minerals v.73 #5
Overall Size:8.5x6x3.5 cm
Crystals:3-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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