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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

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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