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Pectolite on Datolite with molds after bladed Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Pectolite on Datolite with molds after bladed Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite on Datolite with molds after bladed Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Pectolite on Datolite with molds after bladed Anhydrite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 81727
Mineral:Pectolite on Datolite with molds after bladed Anhydrite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous white fibrous pectolite crystals to 6 mm, in radiating aggregates with pink-gray termination surfaces, over lustrous transparent pale-green datolite crystals to 2 mm. Note the thin molds of bladed anhydrite crystals that dissolved away. Collected ca. 1995..
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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