AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Franklinite in Calcite with Willemite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 78038 |
Mineral: | Franklinite in Calcite with Willemite |
Locality: | Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite) |
Description: | Small 3 mm black-metallic franklinite crystal in translucent white calcite with minor colorless willemite. Under SW UV illumination the calcite fluoresces orange and the willemite fluoresces green, and less so under LW UV. |
Overall Size: | 28x20x14 mm |
Crystals: | 3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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