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Franklinite in Calcite – Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, USA

Former Anton Berger Collection

Former P. Pichler Collection

Lustrous black, magnetic franklinite octahedra with an impressive 2.7 cm edge length in a white calcite matrix. Franklin is the type locality and the world's richest source of this zinc spinel. The manganese-rich calcite matrix exhibits fiery red fluorescence in short-wave UV light. Neon green willemite is also visible under UV light.

There have been no discoveries since the 1970s!

Franklinite – Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, USA

SKU: 24.09.01
€180.00Price
VAT Included |
  • Size

    5.6 cm x 4.5 cm

  • Location

    Sterling Mine near Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA

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