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‪@dallasstoneworks‬This specimen features translucent white calcite crystals growing alongside pale green prehnite crystals from Millington Quarry in New Jersey. The calcite crystals are well formed and create a spiked surface within the cavity. The calcite has a pink fluorescence under longwave UV light allowing the majority of the cavity to glow pink.
The Prehnite has a a light green appearance and formed with botryoidal growth habit around the entrance of the cavity.

The Millington Quarry was a Basalt Quarry that opened in 1895. The quarrying continued intermittently until the quarry closed in the early 2000s and is being refilled for use with future housing developments.

Calcite, Prehnite
Millington Quarry
Bernards Township, Somerset Co.
New Jersey, USA

10.16 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm
4 x 3.5 x 2.5 in

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