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Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)

 
Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)

Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)

Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 34721
Mineral:Willemite, Tephroite, Calcite, Franklinite
Locality:Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Tephroite)
Description:Gray-brown willemite (fluoresces green) with several small patched of reddish-brown tephroite (non-fluorescent) with white calcite (fluoresces orange) and dark metallic franklinite (non-fluorescent). Ex. John A. Manley (1861-1936) ca. 1890s
Overall Size:6x4x2 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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