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
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Size
5.6 cm x 4.5 cm
Location
Sterling Mine near Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA