Franklin and Sterling Hill
Barysilite
Barysilite from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Bustamite
Bustamite from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Clinohedrite
Clinohedrite from Franklin Mine - George Elling collection
Copper
Copper, etc. from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Vesuvianite (Var: Cyprine)
'Cyprine' polished slab from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Franklinite
This specimen was a gift from Arthur and Harriet Mitteldorf to the Franklin Mineral Museum (No.281). The main crystal is 6cm on edge.
Franklinite from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Gahnite
Gahnite from Sterling Mine - George Elling collection
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite 'Maggot Ore' from Passaic Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Hodgkinsonite
Hodgkinsonite from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Johannsenite with Axinite-(Mn)
This complex sample shows epitactic overgrowths of Johannsenite on Rhodonite, with Epidote, Barite, Willemite and Calcite, and is 11cm wide. This sample was originally purchased from the Paterson Museum by George Pigeon, passing through the collection of Ewald Gerstmann and Arthur and Harriet Mittledorf before they donated it to the Franklin Mineral Museum (no. 1869).
Johannsenite with Axinite-(Mn) from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Microcline
Microcline from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Rhodonite
This first specimen was donated to the Franklin Mineral Museum in 2006 by Earl Verbeek (FMM No. 6393). It is 15cm across. The striations are due to twinning.
Rhodonite from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
This specimen is 13cm wide and was originally in the collection of R.B. Gage, before passing to Robert Linck and being purchased by Steven Phillips, who sold it on to the Franklin Mineral Museum (No. 6424)
Rhodonite from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Roeblingite
Roeblingite from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Sussexite
Sussexite from Sterling Mine - Earl R. Verbeek collection
Uvite
This specimen, from one of the quarries in the Franklin area, is around 10cm wide, and is now in the collection of the Harvard University Mineralogical Museum.
Uvite from Franklin Area quarry - Harvard University Mineralogical Museum collection
Willemite
These gemmy Willemite crystals are characteristic of the 'Trotter Willemite' and can be cut into gemstones - this one is 7.5cm tall. An even better one was shown in the cabinet from the Natural History Museum of London - see earlier report.
Willemite from Trotter Mine - George Elling collection
Willemite from Franklin Mine - Earl R. Verbeek collection
This third specimen (Franklin Mineral Museum No.729) used to be in the collection of Ewald Gerstmann, and is possibly the richest gemmy specimen of Willemite to come from Franklin.
Willemite from Franklin Mine - Franklin Mineral Museum collection
Willemite (Var: Troostite)
Troostite is a manganese-bearing variety of Willemite and forms characteristicly-coloured crystals such as this one, from the Steven Phillips collection.
Troostite from Sterling Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Xonotlite in Clinohedrite
Xonotlite in Clinohedrite from Franklin Mine - Steven Phillips collection
Zincite with Hodgkinsonite
Zincite with Hodgkinsonite from Franklin Mine - George Elling collection
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Chris Mavris
24th Feb 2008 12:30am