Fluorescent Minerals For Sale: Page 1
Franklin & Sterling Hill
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Calcite & Dolomite ("Crazy Calcite") - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ (#F623)
"Crazy Calcite" - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ.
Calcite: FL bright red-orange SW
Dolomite: FL violet SW
Specimen size approx. 3 1/4" x 2"; max. thickness about 1"
Weight approx. 5 oz.
F623 ... $20
Calcite - Franklin, NJ (#F628)
Calcite "Ribbon Ore" - Franklin, NJ. Rough crystalline grains of franklinite (nf) in calcite with a ribbon of some other non-fl mineral, probably serpentine. There are also very small amts. of willemite (fl. green SW) and another, non-fl mineral which may be tephroite.
Calcite: FL bright red-orange SW
Specimen size: approx. 4" x 3 3/4" x 2"
Weight approx. 2 3/4 lbs.
F628 ... $39
Scapolite - Sparta, NJ (#F617)
Scapolite - Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, NJ.
A pale, subtle FL that requires a very powerful SW lamp such as a Superbright. This interesting material was found many years ago in the lower levels of the quarry.
Specimen size approx. 2 1/4" x 2" x 1 3/4"
Weight approx. 9 oz.
F617 ... $14
Scapolite (Meionite) - Franklin, NJ (#F627)
Scapolite (Meionite) - Franklin, NJ.
Meionite with willemite, quartz, and petedunnite. Quartz is unusual in the rocks that contain fluorescent minerals at this locality; most of the available silica went into forming willemite.
Meionite: fl. magenta (SW).
Willemite: fl. green (SW)
Petedunnite, Quartz: non-fl.
Specimen size approx. 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 2 1/2"
Weight approx. 1 lb 6 oz.
F627 ... $49
Willemite - Franklin, NJ (#F614)
Willemite - Franklin, NJ. This is one of the more unusual varieties of willemite, having a purplish hue in daylight ("grape willemite").
The NF matrix consists mainly of compact andradite garnet.
Specimen size approx. 4" x 2" x 2"
Weight approx. 1 lb 8 oz.
F614 ... $35
Willemite & Calcite - Franklin, NJ.
Willemite & Calcite - Franklin, NJ.
Willemite is dull reddish-tan in daylight (var. "troostite"). This rock also contains some bustamite (nf), a mineral similar to rhodonite and which is often pinkish in daylight.
Specimen size approx. 2 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 2"
Weight approx. 14 ounces
F622 ... $22
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