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Updated January 16th, 2012 Page 9 - Rare, Fluorescent Franklin & Sterling Hill Fluorescent Minerals Nine Pages of Minerals For Sale Happy New Year! We have had a mild winter, so far, and not counting our freak snowstorm on the weekend before Halloween. Shows should be starting up in a few months and the rock dumps should be primed for digging. I've dug into my collection to find some unusual pieces and one, a rare Franklin mustard-fluorescing prehnite on caryopilite was on my "rare stuff" shelf and I forgot that I still had it in the collection. The Second Edition of Collecting Fluorescent Minerals is getting great reviews. Mistakes in the first edition that were brought to my attention by FMS and FOMS members were corrected. There are also new, never seen before, pieces in the second edition. It has a blue cover with photos rather than the black cover. You can order a copy from me for $27.00 postpaid (in the US) if your local bookseller doesn't have one. Minerals and books can be purchased using personal checks, money orders, and Paypal. My address is Stuart Schneider, P.O. Box 64, Teaneck, NJ 07666 and my Paypal name and email address is Stuarts1031@ erols.com (note, I put a space in my email address so that automatic email harvesters don't get my email address). Postage and handling, and insurance (if you want it) will be added to your order once the weight is figured. I mail using the US Postal Service with delivery confirmation. Email me to reserve the item numbers that you want and don't forget to include your name and address if you are a new customer. Terms: You can return any item to me within 10 days for any reason. If I misdescribed it, I will refund your postage both ways. If you are dissatisfied, you pay postage both ways. All photos are taken under daylight and Short Wave or Long Wave Ultraviolet (I use a SuperBright brand light). If your light is more than a few years old, the item may look bluer than it looks here. NF = non-fluorescent.

INDEX:

Page 9 - Rare Mustard-fluorescing Prehnite on Caryopilite from Franklin, Rare Mine Pearls from Sterling Hill, Superb Manganaxinite with Clinohedrite, Willemite, etc., LW & SW-Fluorescing Bustamite, Margarite Crystals from Franklin, Hydrozincite on Calcite w/Sphalerite from Sterling Hill, Large Cerussite from Sterling Hill, Large Mylonitized Willemite & Calcite From Sterling Hill, Franklin Scheelite, Large Franklin Hardystonite w/Clinohedrite, Mill Site Fluorapatite & Hyalophane, 1st Franklin Mineralogical Assoc. Digests, Manny Robbins First Fluorescent Mineral Book

Page 9a - Rare Sterling Hill Spikey Aragonite, A great group of Franklin & Sterling Hill Willemites

Page 9b - Sterling Hill Hydrozincite, Large Norbergite Crystal from Limecrest, Franklin Xonotlite with Clinohedrite, Sterling Hill Fluorapatite Crystals, SH Aragonite w/Fluorapatite, Limecrest Norbergite, Franklin Fluorescent Quartz, Sterling Hill Magnetite Crystals w/Apatite

Page 10 - Rare NY Sphalerite Crystals, Rare Franklin Sphalerites, SH Sphalerites, Franklin Chlorophane, Franklin Fluorite, SH Scapolite Crystals with Aragonite, SH Unidentified Crystals on Calcite, Franklin quarry Tremolite

Page 10a - Two 12 Volt Battery Packs & Charger, Rare Lavender Fluorescing Fluorapatite from Pakistan, Pakistan Scheelite, Selenite from Germany, Strontianite from Pennsylvania, Calcite and Hydrozincite from New Mexico, Franklin Miner's Check Tags, NJ Zinc 15 Year 14kt Pin, Washington State Faceted Zeksterite, Faceted Scheelite from Nambia, Franklin Quarry Pargasite,

Page 11 - Rare Benitoite Crystals from California, Superb Double Scheelite Crystals from China, Hydrozincite from Nevada, Graphite Crystals from Franklin Quarry, Hausmannite on Calcite from Jakobsberg Norway, Limecrest Quarry Crystalline Sphalerite, 1940s Mineralight, Chlorophane from Franklin NJ, Scapolite Gems from Tanzania

Page 11a - Blue Sodalite, Afghanite, etc. from Afghanistan, Ball Calcite from South Africa, Gem Garnet on Hyalite from China, Fluorite from Namibia, Dravite Crystal from NY, Willemite Crystals from Tsumeb, California Dumortierite, Scheelite from Montana, Scheelite from California, Hyalite from North Carolina, Scheelite from Canada, Scheelite from New Mexico

Page 12 - The Finest Powellite Crystal on Heulandite and Stilbite From India, Calcite on Wulfenite from Arizona, Weloganite & Gibbsite from Montreal Canada, Tugtupite from Greenland

Page 12a - Gem Two (fluorescing) Color Kunzite from Afghanistan, Purple Scapolite Gem from Tanzania, Calcite from Mexico, Italian Datolite, Italian Strontianite, Mine print, Calcite on Calcite from Brazil, Sterling Hill Salmon Calcite, Sterling Hill Wollastonite, European Mining Desk Piece, NJ Zinc Company letterhead

A large example of mylonitized calcite and willemite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces red-orange SW and the willemite fluoresces green SW. From the Mark Boyer collection. It weighs 4 lb. 9.9 oz. and is 7.5 x 4.8 x 2.6 inches. $120.00, #2092 (SOLD)	Rare prehnite w/caryopilite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. Tests showed that there was no fluorine in this mineral (which excludes cuspidine or fluorapatite). No more has surfaced in the 9 years since it was found. This prehnite fluoresces mustard SW. It weighs 2.8 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.4 x 1.3 inches. $175.00, #869 (SOLD)

Manganaxinite with xonotlite, clinohedrite and willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The manganaxinite fluoresces bright red SW, the xonotlite fluoresces purple-blue SW, the clinohedrite fluoresces bright orange SW, and the willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 1 lb 4.5 oz. and is 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.3 inches. $320.00, #1562	Rare SW and LW bustamite with hardystonite, willemite and a touch of clinohedrite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The bustamite fluoresces red SW (middle photo) and LW (bottom photo), the hardystonite fluoresces purple-blue SW, the willemite fluoresces green SW, and the clinohedrite fluoresces orange SW. It weighs 5.0 oz. and is 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 inches. $300.00, #1550 (SOLD)

Rare scheelite crystals with a touch of apatite and microline from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The scheelite fluoresces bright pale yellow SW, microline fluoresces pale blue SW. It weighs 6.2 oz. and is 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 inches. $60.00, item #2068	Cerussite and galena with a touch of malachite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The cerussite fluoresces pale yellow LW. It weighs 2 lbs. 10.5 oz. and is 5.0 x 3.3 x 2.7 inches. $50.00, item #3806 (SOLD)

Hydrozincite on calcite with a touch of sphalerite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The hydrozincite fluoresces sky blue SW, the sphalerite fluoresces orange LW, and the calcite fluoresces red-orange SW. It weighs 3.5 oz. and is 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 inches. $28.00, #3803	Hydrozincite on calcite with sphalerite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The hydrozincite fluoresces sky blue SW, the sphalerite fluoresces orange LW (bottom photo), and the calcite fluoresces red-orange SW. It weighs 1 lb. 11.6 oz. and is 8.0 x 3.8 x 2.1 inches. $55.00, #3804

Margarite, a rare Franklin fluorescent - A grouping of margarite crystals from the Franklin quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. Margarite is a blue-green mica that was sparsely found in a small area (the area is now gone). The margarite fluoresces very weak white SW & LW. It weighs 5.0 grams and is 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.5 inches. $32.00, #1177 (SOLD)

Rare mine pearls found by Bob Winters ca.1990. From the 900 foot level of the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. Calcium carbonate built up in an egg shape around a bit of willemite, franklinite, and/or calcite that landed in a churning pool of calcium rich water.The white concretion was sliced in half and polished. The pair weigh 4.7 grms and the larger piece is 0.8 inches wide. $60.00, #3807 (SOLD)

A giant chunk of hardystonite with clinohedrite, calcite, & willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The hardystonite fluoresces purple-blue SW, the calcite fluoresces red-orange SW, the clinohedrite fluoresces orange SW and the willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 4 lbs. 13.1 oz and is 5.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches. $150.00, item #3798	The Mill Site - Bright fluorapapatite with hyalophane and willemite on tan andradite crystals from the Mill Site of the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The fluorapatite fluoresces bright orange SW, willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 2 lbs. 11.5 oz. and is 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 inches. $50.00, #3797

Manny Robbins' first hardcover book - This is out of print and costs between $150 & $200 online, if you can find it. It is a great read, with stories about the miners and the minerals. This 1983, 1st edition is in beautiful condition except that someone has highlighted lines on a few pages. Because of this, the price is a reasonable $65.00, #3794

Back in 1958 a group of men and women got together to form the Franklin Mineralogical Association, which eventually became the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. This is the first issue of the Franklin Mineral Digest. Super condition and only $18.00, item #Digest 1958

Back in 1958 a group of men and women got together to form the Franklin Mineralogical Association, which eventually became the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. This is the second issue of the Franklin Mineral Digest. Super condition and only $18.00, item #Digest 1959