Fluorescent Museum page 9b

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Page 9b - Rare, U.S. Fluorescent and Franklin-Sterling Hill Minerals For Sale

The minerals 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 (no spaces). 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. Email me to reserve the item numbers that you want.

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 Ultraviolet (I use a Super Bright brand light). If your light is more than a few years old, the item may look bluer than it looks here.

Calcite with fluorapatite, found in August 2008 in the saddle of the Noble pit area of the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces red-orange SW and fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW. It weighs 1 lb. 2.8 oz. and is 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.3 inches. $22.00, item #1692


Beautiful and rare apple-green willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green. From the Ralph Thomas collection. It weighs 4.0 oz. and is 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.3 inches. $46.00, item #1943	Cabinet-sized lime green willemite with a touch of hardystonite (top) from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green SW. The piece weighs 2 lbs. and is 6.5 x 2.8 x 1.7 inches. $170.00, item #1906


Green willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 13.9 oz. and is 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.6 inches. $38.00, item #1912	Grape willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 11.6 oz. and is 5.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 inches. $16.00, item #1693


White willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces bright green SW and has a long-lasting phosphorescence. From the Ralph Thomas collection. It weighs 4.2 oz. and is 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.5 inches. $20.00, item #1958	Brown willemite crystals (troostite) on calcite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green SW and the calcite fluoresces red-orange SW. From the Ralph Thomas collection. It weighs 2.4 oz. and is 2.5 x 1.3 x 1.2 inches. $20.00, item #1960


Diopside & norbergite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The diopside fluoresces bright pale blue SW and the norbergite fluoresces pale yellow SW. From the Ralph Thomas collection. It weighs 1.8 oz. and is 2.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 inches. $18.00, item #1938	Large Cabinet – Norbergite from the Franklin quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The norbergite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 2 lb. 13.0 oz. and is 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.7 inches. $28.00, item #3751


Fluorapatite with microcline from the Taylor Road site, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The apatite fluoresces pink-orange SW, and the microcline fluoresces pale blue SW. It weighs 6.5 oz. and is 3.1 x 1.8 x 1.5 inches. $22.00, item #1897	Franklin midwave crystalline fluorapatite from the Taylor Road area, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. This fluorapatite fluoresces pink-orange SW and a bit brighter under MW (bottom photo). This large cabinet piece has a wide vein of fluorapatite. It weighs 2 lb. 15.6 oz. and is 5.5 x 3.7 x 2.4 inches. $45.00, item #3702


Sphalerite crystals, hydrozincite, & biotite found in August 2008 in the saddle of the Noble pit area of the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The sphalerite fluoresces orange LW, and hydrozincite fluoresces bright pale blue SW. It weighs 1 lb. 2.5 oz. and is 4.0 x 3.4 x 1.7 inches. $20.00, item #1689	Biotite with hydrozincite, and sphalerite on calcite. Found in August 2008 in the saddle of the Noble pit area of the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The hydrozincite fluoresces bright pale blue SW and the sphalerite fluoresces orange (SW & better LW). It weighs 1 lb. 5.2 oz. and is 4.2 x 2.5 x 2.2 inches. $22.00, item #1678