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Diopside from
Trotter Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Formation:Primary
Comments:Dark brown grains showing prominent parting and associated with bustamite, andradite, calcite, willemite and franklinite.
Habit:anhedral grains
Colour:dark brown
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bustamite1 photo of Diopside associated with Bustamite at this locality.
Andradite1 photo of Diopside associated with Andradite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Diopside associated with Calcite at this locality.
Willemite1 photo of Diopside associated with Willemite at this locality.
Franklinite1 photo of Diopside associated with Franklinite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trotter Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1488553
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1488553:2
GUID (UUID V4):28bb0510-debc-4186-9418-d66f5626eb24
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
0.2km (0.1 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Mill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Atlas Quarry (The Quarry), Hardistonville, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Whispering Woods Lane, Franklin Marble, Sterling Hill, Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Fill Quarry, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Eastern Concrete Materials Inc. Quarry (Raia Quarry; Cofrancisco Quarry; Hamburg Quarry), Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETY VOLUME 16 FEBRUARY 1975 NUMBER 1 www.FOMSNJ...Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N.J. Pre-meeting activities start at 1:00 P.M...2:30 P.M. Saturday, March 15th Field Trip to the Franklin Mineral Museum and the Gerstmann Private Museum...re: "Memorabilia and the Native Elements of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mining District". Saturday, April...Field Trip to the Buckwheat Dump, Evans Street, Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 A.M. to Noon. Meeting 2:30 P.M. -
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
Guide to Mineral Collecting rr at Franklin and Sterling Hill, I New Jersey ffi fi.-i'l �� with Notes as...CRYSTALS, FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY • A Guide to Mineral Collecting at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...F. Kushner Author of AN ABBREVIATED MANUAL OF FRANKLIN MLNERALS A GUIDE TO MINERAL COLLECTING A T OURAY...the Harri-Anne Studios. Franklin. New Jersey. Mrs. Florence Hansen of the Franklin-Kiwanis Museum. Dana...Ervan F. Kushner, Books 5 Colt Street Paterson. New Jersey 07505 DEDICATION to John Leach Baum & Ewald
Journal (issue)
crzi JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 21 September 1980 Number Two...International License. AH Fall Program ~ JwJ ^NQ/^/%? FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Xja*X...from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Kraissl Hall at the Franklin Mineral Museum. Afternoon lecture programs begin...2:00 p.m. at the Hardyston Twsp. School, Rt. 23, Franklin, N.J. - pre-meeting activities begin at 1:00 p...September 20,1980 FIELD TRIP: Trotter Mineral Dump; Main Street, Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 a.m. to noon. MICRO
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 (issue)
THE PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society Vol. 53, No. 2 – Fall 2012...The Strange Morphologies of Graphite From the Trotter Dump • ‟Christmas Tree Ore” Explained www.FOMSNJ...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. OFFICERS...J. KELLER, JR. WILLIAM KROTH 13 Green Street Franklin, NJ 07416 H: (973) 209-4178 C: (973) 222-2088...edu TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: (212) 749-5817 C: (917) 903-4687
Journal (issue)
D JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 March 1977 www.FOMSNJ.org The...Hardyston School, intersection of Rts. 23 & 517 Franklin, N.J. - Pre-meeting Activities begin at 1:00 P... Field Trip - FRANKLIN Mineral Museum and GERSTMANN Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 A...Field Trip - BUCKWHEAT Mineral Dump, Evans Street, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Lecture - Speaker:...Rd., Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Lecture - Speaker: Dr. Peter Leavens - "How Franklin Minerals
Journal (issue)
THE PICKING JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Vol. 45, No. 1—Spring 2004 $15...S. Inside This Issue: • • • • • The updated Franklin-Sterling species list How to photograph fluorescent...Dunn, part II The Sussex mineral show you probably missed A close-up view of a Franklin classic www.FOMSNJ...Secretary Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 Membership Information Treasurer...minerals, mines, or mining history of the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area is invited to join the FranklinOgdensburg
Journal (volume)
West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex NJ 07461 ASSISTANT...of the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS 60 Alpine Road Sussex NJ 07461 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking...Richard C. Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. lllthSt.,#llB New York NY 10025 EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Peter...from the Franklin Mineral Museum News from Sterling Hill Field Trip Report 6 1998 Franklin-Sterling
Report (issue)
Paper 180 THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BY CHARLES PALACHE UNITED...ography.______________________---_---_.__ The Franklin mining district. _.---.-----_-----_-_--_ General...in the magnetite deposits. -----Minerals in the Franklin limestone.-----Minerals in the Kittatinny limestone...16 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 The Franklin mining district Continued. The ore deposits Continued...ILLUSTRATIONS Paff« Page PLATE 1. Geologic map of the Franklin mining district, showing principal mineral localities
Journal (issue)
NO. 1 • SPRING 1983 • VOLUME 24 JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. www.FOMSNJ...International License. from the liditor NEW COVER This issue appears with a new cover. The titles were redesigned...redesigned by artist Jeffrey Donnellon of Swan Lake, New York. His design provides a much needed highlight for...(Jack) Baum offers an in-depth look at the Parker mine and its famous minerals with a thought provoking...Sterling Hill mine. We have done so at the request of the new management of the New Jersey Zinc Company
Journal (volume)
THE PICKING TABLE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOL. 46 — SPRING/FALL 2005...Kemble family, long-term Franklin mineral collectors • Grunerite added to the Franklin-Sterling Hill species...species list • More reflections on Franklin wollastonite www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking Table...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. Officers...SECRETARY TEMAJ.HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York NY 10025 (212)749-5817 thecht@att.net TREASURER
Report (issue)
THEMINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL NEWJERSEY BULLETIN 65 NEW JERSEYGEOLOGICALSURVEY DEPARTMENTOF...ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 65 BULLETIN THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN NEW AND STERLING...STERLING JERSEY bY ALBERT S. WILKERSON Professor of Geology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...Jersey STATE Department OF NEw JERSEY of Conservation and Economic H. MAT ADAMS, Development Commissioner...Geologist TRENTON, NEW JERSEY --1962-- NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HILL, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Journal (issue)
Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N.J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:30 P.M...Field trip to the Franklin Mineral Museum and/or The Gerstmann Private Museum, Franklin, N.J. Meeting 2:30...April 15th Field trip to the Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to Noon. Meeting: 230 P.M. Speaker...Geochemical Investigations at the Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey Zinc Co. Sunday, May 7th Fossil Field Trip...12:00 Noon. Speaker - Mr. David Cook Subject - Franklin Minerals. Sunday, Flay 21st Field trip to the
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-QGBENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETY VOLUME 12 FEBRUARY 1971 NUMBER 1 www.FOMSNJ...Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, K.J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:00 P.M... Field trip to the Franklin Museum and/or The Gerstmann Private Museum, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to Noon...re Minerals of Franklin and Brazil. Field trip to the Buckwheat Mineral Dump, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M...Speaker - Frank Edwards re Recent Developments in Franklin Mineralogy. Sunday, April 25th Saturday, May
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 50, No. 1– Spring 2009 $20.00 U.S. ...added to the Franklin-Sterling Hill species list • Uraninite - a “First Find” from the Trotter Dump • A useful...useful analog to the Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare...rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands • How to Photoshop® edit your mineral photos www.FOMSNJ...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. OFFICERS
Journal (issue)
C D JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 15 AUGUST 1972 NUMBER 2 www...Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N.J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:30 P-n...Field trip to the Cellate Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J., 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon. Meeting 2:30 P...Kenneth Fisher Subject - Mineral Collecting in Franklin During the 1930's and 1940's. Saturday, October...October 21st Field trip to the old Andover Mine, opposite Aeroflex Field, Limecrest Road, Andover, N.J.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ManganeseDeposit,New Jersey CLIFFORD FROND•.LANDJOHNL. BAura Abstract The Franklin and the nearby Sterling...during late Precambrian time. Internally, the Franklin ore body is composedof bed-like or lens-like bodiesof...different minerals that have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill are either weathering productsor...started after THE 'Franklin and Sterling Hill mines are situated in Sussex County, New Jersey, about 50 miles...miles northwestof New York City. The depositsare believed to have beenfirst noticedin the period 16401657
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 September 1977 Number 2 www.FOMSNJ...Hardyston School, intersection of Rta. 23 & 517 Franklin, N.J. - Pre-meeting activities begin at 1:00 P...October 15th Field Trip - The Old Andover Iron Mine (Opposite Aeroflex Field), Limecrest Rd., Andover...November 19th Field Trip - The Trotter Mineral Dump; Main Street, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Lecture...Hill". DAILY FRANKLIN ATTRACTIONS BUCKWHEAT Mineral Dump - Entrance through the Franklin Mineral Museum
Journal (issue)
ICKIIVE ABLE Till JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 41, No. 1 - Spring...Community as the intersection of 23 and 517 in Franklin, NJ 29, Sat. 9 AM PM April 30, 2000, 10 AM -...International License. MIME The J O U R N A L OF T FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Feature Articles...Announcements Message from the President 4 Franklin Mineral Museum News News from Sterling Hill 5...mineralogical community which pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area. Vol.21, No. 1 -Spring 2000 Articles
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ywltn. ! x Lakeis / 2 feipDenviilcJ* ^^^OQIll ^ Jersey ■ CAty i E0 *«• NATURE’S HIDDEN RAINBOWS NATURE’S...HIDDEN RAINBOWS The Fluorescent Minerals of Franklin, New Jersey : [i by the writer of “Collecting Fluorescent...15, 16,17,18, 19 and 32. Ralph Walters of Franklin, New Jersey, Numbers 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29...occurred at Franklin. Among them are, declara­ tion by the State of New Jersey that Franklin is the “Fluorescent...expansion of the Franklin Mineral Museum, opening of the “dump” around the Trotter Shaft to amateur collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY Cnenrns Per-ecnn,H oruard.Uniuersity. SUMMARY...minerals which are found in the region near Franklin, New Jersey. It is shown that these may be classified...mines of Franklin are located in the New Jersey Highlands, about fifty miles northwest of New York City...similar ore deposits, one on Mine Hill at Franklin (formerly known as Franklin Furnace), and the second about...about three miles southwest of Franklin, on Sterling Hill near the town of Ogdensburg. TEE AM ERICAN
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 17 September 1976 Number 2 www.FOMSNJ...School, intersection of Routes No. 23 and 517, Franklin, N.J. Pre-meeting activities start at 1:00 P.M...Trip - Cellate (Fowler) Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Meeting 2:30 P...October 16th Field Trip — The Old Andover Iron Mine (opposite Aeroflex Field), Limecrest Rd., Andover...Trip Meeting 2:30 P.M. — The Trotter Mineral Dump; Main Street, Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUMES AUGUST 1968 NUMBER 2 www.FOMSNJ...Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N. J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:00 P...September 21st Cellate Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin. Meeting 2:30 P. A. Speaker, John Albanese on...Mineralogy of the Franklin Area" Saturday, October 19th Field trip, 9 A.M. to Noon Andover Iron Mine, Andover...P.M. Speaker, John Sebastian on "Mining in the Franklin Area" Saturday , November 2nd Fossil trip -
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 50, No. 2 – Fall 2009 $20.00 U.S. SPECIAL...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. OFFICERS...VICE-PRESIDENT Richard Keller 13 Green Street, Franklin, NJ 07416 (973) 209-4178 franklinnj@hotmail.com...SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111TH Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 (212) 749-5817 (Home) (917) 903-4687............................................4-5 New Jersey Earth Science Association Show, April 25-26,
 
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