| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Phlogopite |
| Formula: | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Chemical analyses show that the "phlogopite" of the Franklin Marble is nearly edn-member fluorophlogopite by the IMA nomenclature of 1999. Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble associated with fluorite, graphite, etc. |
| Habit: | Columnar crystals |
| Colour: | Brown |
| Luminescent properties: | yellow |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | ⓘ3 photos of Phlogopite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Phlogopite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fowler Quarry (Nichol Quarry; B. Nicoll Quarry; Nicoll Quarry; Nicol Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 49675 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:49675:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5c05338c-8ae8-4b48-8707-e22ea8c98024 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite |
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| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘFranklin Iron Company Quarry (Pistol Range Quarry; Rifle Range Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘBuckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘFranklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘFranklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘMill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘPassaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 4.6km (2.8 miles) | ⓘAtlas Quarry (The Quarry), Hardistonville, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘWindsor Quarry (Winsor Quarry), Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘSheldon Quarry, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| References |
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Fowler Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA