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Quartz on Calcite with Pyrite and Goethite inclusions from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:	No. 79729
Mineral:	Quartz on Calcite with Pyrite and Goethite inclusions
Locality:	Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:	Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent colorless quartz crystals to 26 mm on transparent rhombic calcite crystals to 1.5 mm with dark inclusions of black spherical goethite microcrystals and lustrous cubic yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals. 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:	5.5x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 26 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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