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Quartz from
Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs as small crystals in the Buckwheat Dolomite cavities. Also a major component of the pegmatitic intrusives at the South end of the Franklin orebody, including the Buckwheat Pit area.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite18 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Microcline11 photos of Quartz associated with Microcline at this locality.
Andradite11 photos of Quartz associated with Andradite at this locality.
Thorite7 photos of Quartz associated with Thorite at this locality.
Serpentine Subgroup4 photos of Quartz associated with Serpentine Subgroup at this locality.
Titanite4 photos of Quartz associated with Titanite at this locality.
Fluorapatite4 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore3 photos of Quartz associated with Hydroxycalciopyrochlore at this locality.
Willemite3 photos of Quartz associated with Willemite at this locality.
Dolomite3 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47753
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47753:0
GUID (UUID V4):a25ec14f-29ac-4e70-8eed-2204fcccd032
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Double Rock pegmatite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cross-Fault Quarry, Franklin Borough, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Mill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Canfield Mica locality, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Emerald Drive residential construction site, Hardistonville, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Wallkill Valley Aggregates, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
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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 (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...C. Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. lllth St., 011B New York NY 10025 N EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Peter...from the President 6 Local Notes News from the Franklin Mineral Museum News from Sterling Hill Field Trip
Book
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...Mineral Capital of the World,” expansion of the Franklin Mineral Museum, opening of the “dump” around the
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 (volume)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY $20.00 U.S. Vol. 47 — Combined Issue 2006 ...from Dr. Clifford Frondel • A new occurrence of genthelvite from Franklin • Observable genthelvite in the...sphalerite • Newly discovered historic photos of Franklin www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking Table...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 d6rollingway@earthlink
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,
Journal (issue)
THE PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society Vol. 56, No. 2 – Fall 2015...een ye and a Good eart • Mineral pecies Found at Franklin nd densbur , J www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of...SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att...201-933-3029 DeniseB111@aol.com Two habits of Franklin bementite in one specimen: as plumose radiating... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Publisher THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. E From
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)
TABLE JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc. FALL, 1991 VOLUME 32, No. 2 Price...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. Inc. The Officers...07826 Treasurer John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex, NJ 07461 Assistant Treasurer Steven C. Misiur...* * * * * * PUBLICATIONS available from the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY TITLE PALACHE...(1935) The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MOUNTER Conducted by Neal Yedlin—129 Englewood Drive, New Haven. Conn. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...collecting zeolite and associated minerals in New Jersey, New England, and Pennsylvania, and of acquiring...schist at us, with jumbled quartz xls on one side. Floating atop the quartz were masses of green heulandite...chlorite or actinolite needles included. But the new material, even under 50X magnifications, shows no...basis of color, tests for copper and iron. BUCKWHEAT DUMP, FRANKLIN, N . J. ILMENITE: Steve Kiss, and later
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anglesite, galena, and sphalerite have been reported. Quartz,goethite, pyrolusite, and tarbuttite pseudomorphs...Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat pit, Franklin, New Jersey; the Wheatley mines...Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;...Shenandoah Counties, and the Austinville district, Wythe County, Virginia; and the zinc occurrences in Claiborne...district), Marion County, Arkansas (Richards 1993). and the Hill lead mine, Hardin County, Illinois, are
Book
CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones
Book (edition)
completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the...alphabetical entries, 1000 of which are entirely new • 240 new color photographs, mostly of large specimens...as well as 104 black-and-white photographs • 45 new crystal drawings of rare species • the most complete...distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important new technological developments. The second...Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;
Book (edition)
completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the...alphabetical entries, 1000 of which are entirely new e 240 new color photographs, mostly of large specimens...specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs 45 new crystal drawings of rare species the most complete...distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important new technological developments. The second...Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;
Book (volume)
GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 ct), Illinois; square...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...established by Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Company, New York City, whose famous Gems and Precious Stones...taking place in older deposits and the discovery of new deposits in various places, especially in regard
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Six Articles Barite after paralstonite, a new pseudomorph from Cave-in-Rock, I llin o is .......................442 by W. L. Wilson Abstracts of new mineral descriptions................................................483 by J. A. Mandarino What's new in minerals Springfield Show 1997 ..................biography, there is also an introduction to the new edition in which I review Wulfen’s discoveries, techniques
Book (volume)
GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 et), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 et), Illinois; sqmu·e...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...established by Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Cornpany, New York City, whose farnous Gems and Precious Stones...taking place in older deposits and the discovery of new deposits in various places, especially in regard...Mountains of Utah are to be mined by conventional open-pit methods and the enclosing rock crushed and treated
 
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