| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluor-uvite |
| Formula: | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F |
| Habit: | First and second order prisms and first and second order trigonal pyramids. Crystals are generally equant to only slightly elongated along "c". |
| Colour: | Full range of light to dark green shades including olive green and brownish green through greenish brown. |
| Luminescent properties: | orange yellow in short wave ultraviolet. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Graphite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluor-uvite associated with Graphite at this locality. |
| Fluoro-pargasite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluor-uvite associated with Fluoro-pargasite at this locality. |
| Margarite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluor-uvite associated with Margarite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluor-uvite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 846756 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:846756:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0a4884c4-0f33-422e-8c47-8f58eeaf52fe |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluor-uvite |
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| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘSterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘPassaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 1.4km (0.8 miles) | ⓘNoble pit (Lot #10 - Ogden Divisions; Noble Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘFowler Quarry (Nichol Quarry; B. Nicoll Quarry; Nicoll Quarry; Nicol Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘFurnace Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘFranklin Iron Company Quarry (Pistol Range Quarry; Rifle Range Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘFranklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
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Franklin Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA