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Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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Franklin includes all of the localities within the incorporated limits of the borough of Franklin, including the Franklin mine. This locality is within the Franklin Mining District. The complete list of mineral species occurring within this district, as well as the official boundaries of the district, can be found under the locality file for "Franklin Mining District." Those who share an interest in the unique mineralogy of the Franklin, NJ, area owe a special debt of thanks to the late Professor Charles Palache, Harvard University; Dr. Pete J. Dunn, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and John L. Baum, Curator Emeritus, Franklin Mineral Museum, and former Head Geologist, New Jersey, Zinc Co., Franklin, NJ, for their significant contributions to the body of knowledge of the history, geology and mineralogy of this district. Key bibliographical publications for the Franklin District include, but are not limited to: Bayley, W.S.(1910): Iron mines and mining in New Jersey, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Volume VII of the Final Report Series of the State Geologist, Trenton, NJ 512pp. and 2 maps (out of print) [cited as: Bayley,W.S.(1910):XX] Dunn, P.J.(1995): Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey: the world's most magnificent mineral deposits, 5 parts + 2 supplementals, 978 pp. (in print)[cited as: Dunn,P.J.:Pt X:XX] Palache, C.(1935): The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 180, 135pp., with map (reprinted in 1937, 1961 and 1974)(out of print) [cited as: Palache, C.(1935):XX] Proceedings Volume: Lehigh University Department of Geological Scienes and the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society Symposium on Character and Origin of the Franklin-Sterling Hill orebodies (1990), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 118pp. (out of print) The Picking Table, Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (F.O.M.S.), volumes 1 through 42 (in print) NOTE: A comprehensive bibliography of the publications relevent to the Franklin District is found in Dunn,P.J.(1995):Pt1.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adelite
Aegirine
Albite
var: Oligoclase
Allactite
Allanite-(Ce)
Alleghanyite
Almandine
Analcime
Anatase
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Annabergite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Antlerite
Apatite-(CaF)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Bakerite
Bannisterite (TL)
Barylite
Barysilite
Baryte
Bementite (TL)
Bornite
Bostwickite (TL)
Breithauptite
Brookite
Brucite
Bultfonteinite
Bustamite (TL)
Cahnite (TL)
Calcite
Carrollite
Caryopilite
Celestine
Celsian
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Charlesite (TL)
Chloritoid
Chlorophoenicite (TL)
Chondrodite
Chrysocolla
Cianciulliite (TL)
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinohedrite (TL)
Clintonite
Copper
Corundum
Cuprite
Cuprostibite
Cuspidine
Datolite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Dravite
Edenite
Epidote
Epidote-(Pb) (TL)
Erythrite
Esperite (TL)
Fayalite
Feitknechtite (TL)
Ferro-Actinolite
Flinkite
Fluoborite
Fluorite
Franklinfurnaceite (TL)
Franklinite (TL)
Franklinphilite (TL)
Friedelite
Gageite (TL)
Gahnite
Galena
Ganomalite
Ganophyllite
Genthelvite
Gersdorffite
Glaucochroite (TL)
Glaucodot
Goethite
Graphite
Grossular
Groutite
Grunerite
Gypsum
Hardystonite (TL)
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Hawleyite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Hellandite-(Y)
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hendricksite (TL)
Hercynite
Hetaerolite
'Heulandite'
Hodgkinsonite (TL)
Holdenite (TL)
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Humite
Hyalophane
Hydrotalcite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Jacobsite
Jarosewichite (TL)
Jerrygibbsite (TL)
Johannsenite (TL)
Johnbaumite (TL)
Junitoite
Kentrolite
Kittatinnyite (TL)
Kolicite
Larsenite (TL)
Lead
Lennilenapeite (TL)
Leucophoenicite (TL)
Lizardite
Löllingite
Loseyite (TL)
Magnesiochlorophoenicite (TL)
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganberzeliite
Manganhumite
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Margarite
Margarosanite (TL)
Marialite
Marsturite (TL)
Meionite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Mimetite
Minehillite (TL)
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
Nasonite (TL)
Natrolite
Nelenite (TL)
Neotocite
Nickeline
Norbergite
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pargasite
Parvowinchite
Pectolite
Pennantite
Petedunnite (TL)
Phlogopite
Pimelite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochroite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxferroite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Roeblingite (TL)
Roméite
Rosasite
Roweite (TL)
Rutile
Safflorite
Samfowlerite (TL)
Sarkinite
'Scapolite'
Schallerite (TL)
Scheelite
Sclarite (TL)
Sepiolite
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Sonolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Cleiophane
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
var: Ferristilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sussexite (TL)
Synchysite-(Ce)
Talc
Tennantite
Tephroite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Thorutite
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Turneaureite (TL)
Uraninite
Uvite
Vesuvianite
var: Cyprine
Wawayandaite (TL)
Willemite
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
Yeatmanite (TL)
Zincite (TL)
Zircon


431 entries listed. 233 valid minerals. 47 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
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  • New Jersey
    • Sussex Co.
      • Franklin Mining District
        • Franklin

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