DESCRIPTION: | No. 79746
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Mineral: | Apophyllite with Chlorite
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Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Double-sided cluster with lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals colored green by microscopic chlorite inclusions with rosettes to 1 mm of black chlorite on the edges. The apophyllite crystals are tabular form with beveled {101} edge faces. 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: | 3.5x2.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |