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


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Comments:Occurs in cavities in the Buckwheat Dolomite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Smithsonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Dolomite2 photos of Smithsonite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:52010
Long-form Identifier:1:3:52010:6
GUID (UUID V4):cc36ec38-f7b8-41ce-b619-4c28fcfbb720
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
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
0.3km (0.2 miles) Trotter Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
44.3km (27.5 miles) Neighbor Mine, Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) Raub Mine (Raub farm), White Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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 -
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 (article/letter/editorial)
included smithsonite in the former “blue” list. However, upon reflection it is clear that smithsonite is much...this diversity of color, a suite of four Tsumeb smithsonite specimens displaying various contrasting colors...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice (figs. IA-D). Smithsonite is a brittle, relatively soft (hardness 4-4.5)...and a purplish shade; it is rarely colorless. Smithsonite exhibits a vitreous luster that tends to be pearly...greenish- or bluish-white in ultraviolet radiation. Smithsonite is hexagonal-scalenohedral (32/m). Well- Downloaded
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
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
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...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...all, of the so-called 'millerite' found in the Buckwheat dump is rutile. CHONDRODITE: A micro crystal (brown)
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)
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
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:...Washington D.C. area visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical
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
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;
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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