AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Apophyllite and Datolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 80251 |
Mineral: | Apophyllite and Datolite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless apophyllite crystals to 18 mm with transparent pale-green datolite crystals to 5 mm on white calcite crystals to 3 mm. The apophyllite crystals are tabular form with {100} corner and {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: | 9x6x5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-18 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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