| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | 'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Phlogopite | ⓘ1 photo of Garnet Group associated with Phlogopite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Garnet Group associated with Quartz at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Garnet Group data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 73117 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:73117:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0a6b5af2-c9bc-4c3e-a460-7c66c6986584 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group |
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| 4.9km (3.0 miles) | ⓘAmos Sharp's Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | ⓘLongcore Mine (Longcove Mine), Clearwater, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘTar Hill Mine, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 6.8km (4.2 miles) | ⓘSulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine), Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘNoble pit (Lot #10 - Ogden Divisions; Noble Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘPassaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘAndover Iron Mine, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘEdison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 9.7km (6.1 miles) | ⓘRoseville Mine, Roseville, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | ⓘCopper Mine shaft, Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
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 | | Book | | THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL CLIFFORD FRONDEL THE MINEt 4-S OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL...describes the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the...hundred different minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had...helped to stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area’s...complete list of current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty | | | Book | | THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL A Check List By Clifford Frondel This concise and informative...describes the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the...hundred different minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had...helped to stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area's...complete list of current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History, New York City Article 7, Silica and Silicates (part two) GARNET GROUP The garnets form...form a group of closely related mineral species; all crystallizing in the isometric crystal system. They...spessartite or is called an almandite-spessartite garnet. It is an interesting observation that most almandite...observation as yet. ALMANDITE, or iron-aluminum garnet, is an iron, aluminum silicate. Usually there is...almandite was recovered at 35th Street and Broadway in New York City and is in the American Museum of Natural |  | | Book | | fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...physical attribute of minerals. Few descriptions of new mineral discoveries will fail to report fluoresi...fluorescent mineral color remains, but for the growing group of knowledgeable collectors, more is required. The...terms used in the study of fluorescence. For those new to the minerals that fluoresce and the localities...they represent a significant fluorescent mineral group. To the greatest extent possible, the discussion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | content (< 0.1 %). Other skarn minerals are Fe-rich. Garnet is characterized by oscillatory zoning and has...assemblages dominated by the anhydrous minerals garnet and diopside and late low-temperature assemblages...vesuvianite, phlogopite, and epidote. The type of garnet and the abundance of magnetite with minor pyrite...Camiboğazı, while magnetite, specular hematite, garnet, epidote, actinolite, and tremolite are found in...occur as coarse-grained, recrystallized, massive marble. The low-grade metamorphic limestone from the southwestern |
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Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA