AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Stilbite and Calcite |
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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