AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Apophyllite on Pectolite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 79827 |
Mineral: | Apophyllite on Pectolite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Large transparent-to-translucent colorless apophyllite crystals to 38 mm(!), with a second generation of smaller transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 5 mm, over curved formations of radiating fibrous white pectolite crystals to 6 mm. 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: | 7x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 38 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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