AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Babingtonite and Calcite on Prehnite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 82464 |
Mineral: | Babingtonite and Calcite on Prehnite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Double-sided plate of lustrous translucent green prehnite with overgrowth on the front face of colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 1.2 mm with a cluster of lustrous black babingtonite crystals to 2 mm. Babingtonite was uncommon at Millington. Ex. Miller collection T3938; ex. Betts #78067; collected 26 February 1995 |
Overall Size: | 4x2x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 2 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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