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Calcite from
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


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Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
 
Description
Comments:Fairly ubiquitous in the orebody and the marble surrounding it.
Colour:Colorless, white, salmon-orange
UV Fluorescence:Bright red (SW UV), blue (MR UV).
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Rarity at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache (1935): 55; Dunn (1995): Pt4: 612-613.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Allactite
Alleghanyite
Almandine
Andradite
Baryte
Bustamite
Cahnite
Caryopilite
Clinohedrite
Copper
Cuspidine
Cyprine
Dolomite
Esperite
Feitknechtite
Franklinite
Hardystonite
Hedyphane
Hendricksite
Hodgkinsonite
Lennilenapeite
Leucophoenicite
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnetite
Manganberzeliite
Margarosanite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Sarkinite
Schallerite
Sonolite
Turneaureite
Willemite
Wollastonite
Zincite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
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