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Kraisslite from
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kraisslite
Formula:Zn3(Mn,Mg)25(Fe3+,Al)(As3+O3)2[(Si,As5+)O4]10(OH)16
Comments:Occurs as lustrous, deep coppery-brown cleavage plates and crystal aggregates in fractures in "red" willemite-franlinite ore.
Habit:Tabular xls
Colour:Pale red-brown, deep coppery brown
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Willemiteⓘ26 photos of Kraisslite associated with Willemite at this locality.
Frankliniteⓘ25 photos of Kraisslite associated with Franklinite at this locality.
Zinciteⓘ8 photos of Kraisslite associated with Zincite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ8 photos of Kraisslite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Holdeniteⓘ7 photos of Kraisslite associated with Holdenite at this locality.
Chlorophoeniciteⓘ5 photos of Kraisslite associated with Chlorophoenicite at this locality.
Eveiteⓘ5 photos of Kraisslite associated with Eveite at this locality.
Akrochorditeⓘ4 photos of Kraisslite associated with Akrochordite at this locality.
Sarkiniteⓘ4 photos of Kraisslite associated with Sarkinite at this locality.
Sussexiteⓘ4 photos of Kraisslite associated with Sussexite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kraisslite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (27 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6706
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6706:5
GUID (UUID V4):4b80979c-76a4-4f0f-b931-fb990cb70bda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 22 September 1981 Number Two www...International License. Fall Program I FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 1981 Regular Society...Franklin-Ogdensburg Mines. " Saturday October 3, 1981 Annual Dinner of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical...October 3 & 4, 1981 25th Anniversary Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Show - sponsored by the Kiwanis Club...University, Bethlehem, Pa. - "Origin of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Zinc Deposits. " Sunday October 18, 1981 Field
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 20 March 1979 Number One www.FOMSNJ...International License. Spring Program FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 1979 Regular Society...America, Franklin Plant (former Farber Quarry), Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. — 9:00 a.m. to noon. Micro...the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 146, Franklin, New Jersey 07416, a non-profit...all, it reflected the ideals of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. Those very important first
Journal (issue)
LEVEL, FRANKLIN MINE NO. 2 • AUTUMN 1984 • VOLUME 25 JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL...of The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 180...during the highlyproductive years of the Franklin-Sterling mines, and through the efforts of Dr. Palache...several very important suites of FranklinSterling Hill minerals, most notably of which are the Hancock...day will include displays of major Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral exhibits, the presentation of a series
Journal (issue)
ANNIVERSARY ISSUES JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. FALL 1989 VOLUME... The PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated Page TABLE...in vuggy dolomite, Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, New Jersey by Edward H. Wilk 09 Franklin Yesterdays Part...by John L. Baum Part 2. The J.A. VanMater Report New habit for datolite by R. Peter Richards 10 11 15...photograph was taken by Bernard T. Kozykowski, at Sterling Hill, on February, 19, 1989. The following is the
Report (issue)
15(10) Z = [6] X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. 2.257 (100), 2.418 (80), 5.630 (70)...11.5 0.0 [8.5] 100.08 [99.5] (1) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe, total...zincite, calcite. From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Name: For J.J. McGovern...McGovern (?{1915), of Franklin, New Jersey, USA, prominent collector of Franklin minerals. Type Material:...Massachusetts, USA, 113888. References: (1) Palache, C. and L.H. Bauer (1927) McGovernite, a new mineral from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KRAISSL, JR. (1899ALICE L. KRAISSL (1905- ) ) Kraisslite (Mn, Mg, F e ) Z n ( A s 0 ) ( S i 0 ) ( O H... deep coppery-brown; Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey. RICHARD S. MITCHELL...and Jun Ito (1978), who named and de­ scribed kraisslite, said they took pleasure in honoring the Kraissls...of Franklin and Ogdensburg. They have been deeply involved in the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...in Franklin." Frederick Kraissl, Jr., was born in New York City on July 8, 1899. His interest in minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCOVERED AT FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, NEW JERSEY f \ fc* As the number of new minerals from this famous...the deposits in the Franklin-Sterling Hill area of northwestern New Jersey (Baum, 1982). Over 30 of the...discovered 214 ROCKS AND MINERALS at Franklin-Sterling Hill to be named for a person. The sec­ ond one was...specimens simultaneously discovered at the Benallt mine, Wales, helped establish the existence of the species...of Franklin, New Jersey, who discovered many new minerals and worked for the New Jersey Zinc Company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sarkinite crystals in the Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, prompted an analysis...manganese oxides, and kraisslite (Moore and Ito, I978 ). The study of the Sterling Hill sarkinite afforded...segregations at the Sjo Mine, Grythytte Parish, Sweden, and at the Harstig mine, near Pajsberg, Sweden...The polyarsenite sample (Rio794) is from the Sjo mine and not from the type locality in Pajsberg. The...(Xantharsenite)--Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, Sweden. 143556 (Xantharsenite)--Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
provided by David Woods Tell people that Franklin, New Jersey, is noted throughout the world for its myriad...Tell them that Franklin, along with neighboring Ogdensburg, is the home of a truly unique metal deposit...ethereal glow in sunlight. Franklin and Ogdensburg (Sterling Hill mine) are neighboring towns nestled in the...the rolling hills of northwest New Jersey. Each is situated next to a zinc-iron-manganese ore deposit...may still observe strange doings at Franklin or Sterling H i l l . I recall my own first visit to the famous
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 20 September 1979 Number Two www...Kraissl - "The Micro-minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill" Saturday October 20, 1979 FIELD TRIP: MICRO...permit adequate travel time for the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society 20th Anniversary Dinner...America, Franklin Plant, (former Farber Quarry), Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 a.m. to noon. MICRO GROUP:...Table is published semi-annually by the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 146, Franklin
Report (issue)
Fe3+ (As3+ O3 )2 (As5+ O4 )3 (SiO4 )6 (OH)18 Kraisslite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1...43.88(5) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. 2.74 (100), 2.437 (55), 2.194 (55)...35 52.0 8.6 2.6 [3.68] [99.02] (1) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe and...holdenite. Distribution: From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Name: For Frederick Kraissl...Hackensack, New Jersey, USA, American amateur mineralogists who specialized in Franklin and Sterling Hill minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey JOHN C I A N C I U L L I 50 East Shore Trail Sparta, New Jersey 07871...both the Franklin mine and the Sterling Hill mine have continued to con­ tribute new mineral species to...this writing, the Franklin and Sterling Hill mines have introduced 49 new mineral species to mineralogy...Franklin limestone in (Precambrian) northwestern New Jersey. They were sporadically exploited for some 130...first-described mineral species from Franklin and Sterling H i l l , New Jersey, outlines the growth of knowledge and
Journal (issue)
v Volume 25 Spring Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated Number One... The PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated Officers...Officers and Trustees The FRANKLIN - OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc. For the Year 1983 President Joseph...Ralph E.Thomas '84 Committees Abandoned Hamburg Mine, at Franklin, looking south toward the Ding Dong...Kozykowski Features: Sulfur and Ferrimolybdite from Sterling Hill by Fred J. Parker and Bruce E. Smith Original
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 September 1977 Number 2 www.FOMSNJ...October 15th Field Trip - The Old Andover Iron Mine (Opposite Aeroflex Field), Limecrest Rd., Andover...Zinc Company Resident Geologist"The Geology of Sterling Hill". DAILY FRANKLIN ATTRACTIONS BUCKWHEAT Mineral...PICKING TABLE, official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., is issued twice...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure of kraisslite, [4] Zn3(Mn,Mg)25(Fe3+,Al)(As3+O3)2[(Si,As5+)O4]10(OH)16, from the Sterling Hill mine...mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA M. A. COOPER AND F. C. HAWTHORNE* Department of Geological...Andrew Christy] ABSTRACT The crystal structure of kraisslite, orthorhombic (pseudo-hexagonal), a = 8.1821(1)...sequence m = 1, 2, 3, 4 at z = 0, ,  and ¯˘. Kraisslite is a member of the mcgovernite family. K EY WORDS...Introduction KRAISSLITE was initially described as a hexagonal arseno-silicate from Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg
Report (issue)
O8.90 [(OH)1.10 Cl0.13 ]Σ=1.23 . (3) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA; by electron microprobe, total Mn as...metamorphosed stratiform zinc orebody (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA). Association: Dolomite, hausmannite...(Brattfors mine, Sweden); zincite, willemite, franklinite, kraisslite (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA). Distribution:...Brattfors mine, Nordmark, Värmland, Sweden. In the USA, from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey...for his contributions to knowledge of the Långban mine. Type Material: Swedish Museum of Natural History
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the miners to bring out new material and his aggressiveness in seeking out new species have made material...over two thousand specimens from Franklin and Sterling H i l l and is arranged according to Dana's system...noteworthy is the large assemblage of rare Sterling Hill arsenate species which, for the most part, have...Station River Edge, New Jersey 07661 Situated in the hills of Sussex County, New Jersey, the Franklin Mineral...the first mineral shows were held, the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., was formed. Dick
Report (issue)
metamorphosed stratiform zinc orebody (Franklin, New Jersey, USA). Association: Sarkinite, arsenoclasite, braunite...Sweden); hausmannite, magnetite, copper (Kittel mine, Sweden); hodgkinsonite, barite, allactite, rhodochrosite...willemite; chlorophoenicite (Franklin, New Jersey, USA); alleghanyite, kraisslite, sphalerite, rhodochrosite, willemite...johnbaumite–svabite, zincite, barite, calcite (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA). Distribution: In Sweden, from Långban...Kittel mine, Nordmark. At St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, and
Report (issue)
104:64± Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Franklin, New Jersey, USA. 1.799 (10), 2.860 (8), 2.598 (6), 3.127 (5)...(3) 3.66 100.00 (1) Bald Knob, North Carolina, USA. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe; H2 O calculated...manganese-bearing vein (Bald Knob, North Carolina, USA); in veins crosscutting franklinite ore near pegmatites...metamorphosed stratiform Zn{Mn deposit (Franklin, New Jersey, USA). Association: Spessartine, rhodonite, galaxite...Knob, North Carolina, USA); kolicite, holdenite, magnussonite, adelite, kraisslite, chlorophoenicite, franklinite
Report (issue)
208(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Pajsberg [Harstigen mine, near Persberg], Sweden. 3.18 (10), 3.04 (10), 3...Total 100.37 [99.92] 100.00 (1) Pajsberg [Harstigen mine, near Persberg], Sweden. (2) Långban, Sweden; by...orebodies (New Jersey, USA). Association: Lead, bementite, brandtite, calcite, barite (Harstigen mine, Sweden);...katoptrite, magnetite, jacobsite, tephroite (Sjö mine, Sweden); tephroite, pyroxmangite, rhodonite, spessartine...berzeliite, tilasite, rhodochrosite, braunite (Falotta mine, Switzerland); eveite, adamite, willemite, allactite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M ineralogist, Volume63, pages938-940, I 978 Kraisslite,a newplaty arsenosilicate from SterlingHill,...Kraissliteis a new species from the SterlingHill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County,New Jersey.It closelyresembles...)r(SiOn)r(OH)rr. The new mineralhonorsFrederickand Alice Kraisslof Hackensack. New Jersev. devoted studentsof...and arsenopyritein the drift, about five feet The new species kraissliteis known only from the eastof the...consisted of willemite, SterlingHill Mine,Ogdensburg, Sussex County,New with franklinite, zincite, little
Report (issue)
(Moss mine, Sweden). Association: Pyrochroite, manganite, jacobsite, allactite, calcite (Moss mine, Sweden);...Sweden); kraisslite, allactite (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA). Distribution: Found in the Moss mine, Nordmark...Värmland, Sweden. From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Name: From the Greek for
Journal (issue)
''".iasi,,,,,,,,"*'"" JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINFRAI OGICALSOCIETY Volume 43, No. 2 - Fall...Arsenate Photo Essay Part II The 2002 Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Species List... Evidence of Early Life...27, 2002 was a very special day in Franklin, New Jersey! It was so special we put down our picks, shovels...administrative assistant became his wife, creating a new partnership dedicated to recording and preserving...geological and mineralogical history of The Franklin-Sterling Hill mining community. The wedding reception was
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 19 Sept. 1978 Number Two www.FOMSNJ...TABLE , official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. is issued twice yearly;...editors welcome information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write... 08886 Richard C. Bostwick, RD No. 1, Box 497, Sussex, N.J. 07461 Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern Road, Teaneck...article, The Franklin Zinc-Iron-Manganese Deposits, New Jersey (Economic Geol., Vol. 69, No. 2 1974), the committee
Report (issue)
874(3) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA; very similar to retzian-(Ce) and retzian-(La)...8 2.0 0.0 [8.3] Total [102.6] (1) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA; by electron microprobe, total Mn as...stratiform zinc orebody. Association: Rhodochrosite, kraisslite, sonolite, zincite, sphalerite, chlorophoenicite...Distribution: Name: From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. For its dominant rare...Canada; American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
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