Franklinite with Willemite
Franklinite with Willemite from Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Collection Robert Lavinsky
Description A textbook, classic, 1.5 cm, lustrous Franklinite crystal with interesting beveled edges is perched on matrix of rose-tan Willemite, innumerable smaller and broken Franklinites and a bit of Calcite. This is classic combination material from the Franklin Mine of New Jersey and the Marty Zinn Collection, # 8499. The Willemite has a superb green fluorescence. The calcite fluoresces a more muted red, in this instance.
Locality Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Dimensions 10.8 x 8.2 x 6.8 cm.
Specimen Grade B
Photograph www.iRocks.com Photo

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