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Rare and Fluorescent Minerals
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An exquisite Parker Shaft Assemblage stone containing
Margarosanite with Clinohedrite (although it looks very much like
the very rare Cuspidine), Xonotlite, & Willemite from Franklin,
New Jersey. Margarosanite glows Sky Blue (SW), Clinohedrite glows
Orange (SW), Xonotlite glows Purple (SW) and Willemite glows Green
(SW). 1 oz and the size is 1.75 inches tall by 1.5 inches wide
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| A superb stone containing
a strong band of Margarosanite, scattered Willemite, and
several patches of Clinohedrite from the Parker Shaft of
the Franklin Mine, NJ. The Margarosanite glows Sky Blue,
the Clinohedrite glows pumpkin orange and the Willemite
glows green (SW). 1.875 oz, 1.75 x 1.5 x .5 inches. |
Hardystonite with Calcite
and Willemite from the Parker Shaft of the Franklin Mine.
The Hardystonite glows purple/blue (SW), the Calcite glows
red/orange and the Willemite glows green (SW). This piece
weighs 12.5 oz, and is 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches. |
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| A stone from the Parker
Shaft of the Franklin Mine, NJ containing Esperite and
Willemite. The Esperite glows lemon yellow (SW) and the
Willemite glows green (SW). It weighs 3.75 oz and the size
is 2.875 x 1.75 x .75 inches. |
A Septarian Nodule slice
from Southern Utah. It is a Cretaceous period mudball that
cracked a few million years ago and Calcite entered the
cracks and solidified. It has been sliced and one side is
polished. It glows a soft blue white under LW & SW. It
weighs 8 oz and the size is 3.5 inches in diameter. |
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| A free-form cabachon of
gemmy, amber, Franklin Willemite and NF Andradite attached
to a gold plated fitting creating an unusual pendant. The
lace-like pattern really shows under SW UV. It is 1.75 x
.75 inches. |
A cabachon of ball Calcite
in NF Augite in a gold filled wire setting, from the
Franklin Mine, NJ. This particular ball Calcite in Augite
is an unusual find. When the rock is cracked open, it is
filled with ball-like very bright red/orange Calcite in a
body of Augite. The stone is sawed into a slab, shaped
free-form by hand, and then wire wrapped. It is 2.25 x 1.0
inches. |
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photo does justice to this piece. It is super bright. The
back side is almost all covered in Clinohedrite. Bright
Clinohedrite on Hardystonite with a smattering of Grape
Willemite from the Parker Shaft of the Franklin Mine.
Clinohedrite glows a bright pumpkin orange under SW UV,
Hardystonite glows a purple/blue (SW), & Willemite glows
green.It weighs 1 pound and is 4.5 x 3..25 x 1.5 inches. |
Clinohedrite with a touch
of Hardystonite, pink (Rare Fluorescent) Bustamite, brown
Zinc Schefferite, tan Andradite & GrapeWillemite from the
Parker Shaft of the Franklin Mine. Clinohedrite glows a
Halloween orange (SW), Willemite glows green (SW), and
Hardystonite glows purple/blue (SW), Bustamite rarely
glows, but on this rock it glows red (LW). This piece
weighs 14 oz. and is 3.75 x 2..25 x 1.5 inches. |
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| Gem Red Willemite, a few
small touches of Fluorapatite & NF Andradite from a Parker
Shaft dump of the Franklin Mine. The Willemite glows a
very bright green (SW) and the Fluroapatite glows orange
(SW) and the piece weighs 15 oz and is 4.25 x 2.5 x 2
inches. |
Gem Red Willemite, a few
small touches of Fluorapatite & NF Andradite from a Parker
Shaft dump of the Franklin Mine. The Willemite glows a
very bright green (SW) and the Fluroapatite glows orange
(SW) and the piece weighs 3.5 oz and is 3 x 2 x 7/8
inches. |
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| Esperite on Grape
Willemite, a few areas of an unusual and rare daylight
Blue Willemite, and a touch of Hardystonite from the
Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey. Esperite glows a lemon
yellow (SW), Hardystonite glows purple/blue & Willemite
glows green. This piece weighs 3.5 oz and is 2.25 x 1.25 x
1.25 inches. |
Over one pound of Massive
Hardystonite with brown sheets of Schefferite with
Bustamite & Willemite from the Parker Shaft of the
Franklin Mine. Hardystonite glows purple/blue under SW,
Willemite glows green and the Bustamite is NF. Schefferite
is NF. This piece weighs 1 lb 5 oz, and is 5 x 3 x 2.25
inches. |
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| A very bright area of
Fluorapatite on the top and also on the bottom w/Andradite
& Calcite from a Parker Shaft dump of the Franklin Mine.
Apatite glows burnt orange (SW), the Bustamite is (NF),
Calcite glows red, Hyalophane glows purple/red. The stone
weighs 15 oz and is 3 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches. |
A large area of blue/grey
Fluorapatite on the top and also on the bottom w/Andradite
& Calcite from a Parker Shaft dump of the Franklin Mine.
Fluorapatite glows burnt orange (SW), the Bustamite is
(NF), Calcite glows red. The coverage is what is
exceptional about this stone. It weighs 2.5 oz and is 2.25
x 1.75 x .875 inches. |
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| A large cabinet sized stone with blue
green (in daylight) Fluorapatite with Willemite and NF
Andradite from the Parker Shaft of the Franklin Mine, NJ.
Fluorapatite was referred to as Svabite in the past, but
real Svabite has more Arsenic than Phosphorous.
Fluorapatite has more Phosphorous than Arsenic. Rare, big,
and great coverage on several sides. Fluorapatite glows
burnt orange. It weighs 3 lbs 10.5 oz and is 5.5 x 3.25 x
3 inches. |
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| Calcite from Terlingua,
Texas. This is not "Terlingua-type" but real Terlingua
Calcite. Terlingua glows light blue (SW), pink (LW) and
has a high phosphoresence. It weighs 5.5 oz, and is 2.5 x
2.5 x 1.75 inches |
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