Bradley Plotkin's Photo Gallery
QP3-4V5Rhodonite CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USADimensions: 8.0 cm x 6.0 cm x 5.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 5.0 cm
Parallel group of rhodonite crystals.
UP9-GMTClinohedrite CaZn(SiO4)·H2O , Xonotlite Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USAField of View: 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.2 cm
clinohedrite 1.2 cm. spear shaped light violet crystal with white xonotlite.
L2Y-96JWillemite Zn2SiO4
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USADimensions: 3.2 cm x 1.4 cm
Field of View: 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.2 cm
Willemite crystal group. Specimen had been sawed through larger crystal on the left some time in the distant past. Largest crystal 3.2 cm.
FQR-CX4Minehillite (K,Na)2-3Ca28Zn4Al4Si40O112(OH)16 , Microcline K(AlSi3O8)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USADimensions: 5.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 1.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.8 cm
Lamellar minehillite crystals on microcline matrix.
936-225Riebeckite ◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH)2 , Quartz SiO2
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USADimensions: 8.0 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.0 cm
Riebeckite on quartz crystals. Millington New Jersey.
N9U-88CChrysocolla Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USADimensions: 6.0 cm x 5.0 cm x 2.5 cm
Chrysocolla rough 6.0cm. x 5.0cm. x 2.5cm. and two cabochons, the larger cabochon is 3.0cm. Cabochons stabilized with sodium silicate. Cut by Jason Baskin.
7DC-E4LCalcite CaCO3
Wilson's Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USACalcite crystal group 11cm. x 9cm. x-Louis Reamer, x- John Albanese coll.
EY2-YVAChalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO2
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USAQuartz var Agate. 6cm x 4cm.
3GD-EJ3Natrolite Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O , Mesolite Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USANatrolite with fibrous Mesolite terminations on diabase matrix with minor Datolite and Prehnite. 9cm. x 5cm. x - Bement collection. x - AMNH collection.
D4A-R7VQuartz SiO2
Bulls Ferry Road, North Bergen, North Bergen Township, Hudson County, New Jersey, USAA 10 cm. matrix covered with Quartz epimorphs after Apatite. Self collected 1990.