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Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

 
Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 59799
Mineral:Rhodonite with Franklinite, Calcite, Willemite
Locality:Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite)
Description:Large 50 mm tabular translucent red rhodonite crystal surrounded by smaller rhodonite crystals, translucent gray calcite, dark-metallic franklinite with minor willemite. The calcite fluoresces orange and the willemite fluoresces green under SW UV. Ex Jeff Weissman collection #287; ex. Franklin Mineral Museum in 1994; ex. Jones collection
Overall Size:9x8x8 cm
Crystals:1-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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