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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 56271
Mineral:Willemite with Franklinite, Glaucochroite, Calcite
Locality:Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite and Glaucochroite)
Description:Uncommonly large brown willemite crystal 65 mm long with translucent colorless calcite and gray glaucochroite in crevices and black-metallic franklinite crystals to 4 mm embedded in the surfaces. The willemite fluoresces green under UV illumination. Collected by K. Hennig
Overall Size:9x7x6 cm
Crystals:4-65 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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