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Esperite from
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Description
Type Locality:	Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA is the type locality for Esperite
Comments:	Massive, in nodules up to 15 cm, associated with hardystonite, willemite, franklinite, less commonly calcite, clinohedrite, and axinite-(Mn).
Habit:	massive
Colour:	white to creamy, dingy
UV Fluorescence:	bright yellow-green
Quality of samples:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Palache (1935): 81; Dunn(1995): Pt3: 368.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Esperite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
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