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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.

Beautiful boat-shaped norbergite crystal (the largest that I have ever found) in limestone from Limecrest quarry (area now flooded), Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey. Norbergite fluoresces yellow SW. The piece weighs 2.0 oz. and is 2.8 x 1.5 x 0.7 inches. $35.00, item #241 (SOLD)


Rare and attractive xonotlite, clinohedrite, and willemite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The xonotlite	fluoresces purple-blue SW, the clinohedrite fluoresces orange SW and the willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 16.0 oz. and is 3.1 x 2.9 x 2.3 inches. $80.00, #2105 (SOLD)


Aragonite & fluorapatite from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The piece weighs 8.0 oz. and is 2.4 x 2.2 x 2.5 inches. $14.00, item #2023	Hydrozincite and a touch of calcite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces orange-red SW and the hydrozincite fluoresces bright pale blue SW. It weighs 8.0 oz. and is 4.0 x 2.3 x 1.8 inches. $22.00, item #2108


A large example of norbergite with fluorite & calcite from the Limecrest quarry, Sparta, Sussex County, NJ. This quarry is now closed and may be sold for housing development. The norbergite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 2 lb. 5.4 oz. and is 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches. $30.00, item #3796	Large magnetite crystals with fluorapatite (embedded on other crystal) from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The apatite fluoresce orange SW. It weighs 8.0 oz. and is 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 inches. $18.00, item #2005


Fluorapatite crystals, galena crystals, & calcite from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. These were covered in sticky, black manganese mud and were picked clean with a dental tool. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW and the calcite fluoresces orange-red SW. The piece weighs 8.2 oz. and is 2.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 inches. $20.00, item #2025	Fluorapatite crystal from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW. The piece weighs 1.5 oz. and is 1.6 x 1.3 x 1.0 inches. $24.00, item #3789

Fluorapatite crystals, galena crystals, & calcite from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. These were covered in sticky, black manganese mud and were picked clean with a dental tool. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW and the calcite fluoresces orange-red SW. The piece weighs 13.7 oz. and is 3.4 x 2.7 x 2.3 inches. $22.00, item #2024

Franklin Fluorescing Quartz - Fluorescing quartz is a subtle fluorescent. It never fluoresces brightly.


A superb example (good coverage & nice fluorescence) of rare fluorescing quartz from the Taylor Road area, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The quartz fluoresces pale yellow SW. It weighs 10.0 oz. and is 4.2 x 2.5 x 1.9 inches. $50.00, item #3770 (SOLD)	Fluorescent quartz with sphalerite and fluorapatite from the Taylor Road area, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. It weighs 1 lb. 3.0 oz. and is 4.8 x 3.0 x 2.2 inches. $25.00, item #3776 (SOLD)


Rare fluorescent quartz with sphalerite on a dark matrix from the Taylor Road site, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The quartz fluoresces pale yellow SW and the sphalerite fluoresces orange and blue SW and LW. It weighs 4.6 oz. and is 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.2 inches. $20.00, item #187	Rare fluorescent quartz with willemite, apatite, and microcline from the Taylor Road site, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The quartz fluoresces pale yellow and pink SW, the apatite fluoresces orange SW, and the microcline fluoresces pale blue SW. It weighs 2 lbs. 3.8 oz. and is 4.3 x 4.1 x 2.6 inches. $25.00, item #1894 (SOLD)