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Mineral Specimen No. 82582:
Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey.

This mineral specimen Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey is available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals, mineral dealer located in New York City, New York.Follow on Facebook

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Description of Mineral Specimen for sale No. 82582:

Mineral Species: Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite.
Location of origin: Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey. (Type Locality for Franklinite) Click here to see other minerals from Type localities.
Description: Tan willemite and black-metallic franklinite in gray calcite collected during a one day field trip where the dumps were excavated with a backhoe. The willemite fluoresces green under LW-SW UV illumination and the calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV. Ex. Miller collection T3742; ex. Betts #77448; collected 4 June 1994 during the FOMS field trip.
Overall size: 29x21x13 mm.
Size of individual crystals: 1-2 mm
Price: $24 (plus shipping).

Mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

Detail view of mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

Detail view of mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

Detail view of mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

Photographs Above: daylight illumination.
Photograph Below: UV illumination with 254 nm shortwave (SW) ultraviolet illumination. Click here to see more fluorescent minerals
Shortwave ultraviolet illuminated mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

Photograph Below: UV illumination with 365 nm longwave (LW) ultraviolet illumination. Click here to see more fluorescent minerals
Longwave ultraviolet illuminated mineral Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite for sale from Trotter Mine Dump, Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

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