This Showcase contains specimens from two world famous mines, the Franklin Mine in Franklin, New Jersey and the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. The two ore bodies were mined for zinc, and are located approximately 3 miles apart. Together these two mines have produced more than 80 fluorescent mineral species, prompting the New Jersey state legislature on September 12, 1968 to declare the Franklin Borough “The Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World”. When it comes to brightness, color, patterns and rarity, no other place on Earth can compare to the Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines. The Franklin Mine was closed in 1954. The Sterling Hill Mine was closed in 1986.
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FSH-1005
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Name & Location: Calcite, Willemite, Esperite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, NewJersey.
Size: 7 x 3.5 x 3-inches
Price: $600.00
FSH-777
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: ”Third Find” wollastonite.
Price: $150.00
FSH-798
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: ”Third Find” wollastonite, ex. Steve Murphy Collection.
Price: $125.00
FSH-802
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6.5 x 4 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Very rich and bright specimen center.
Price: $125.00
FSH-817
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, Franklin Mine, Franklin New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $275.00
FSH-821
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Calcite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin NJ.
Size: 4 x 3 x 2-inches
Price: $175.00
FSH-832
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 8 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $350.00
FSH-841
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 2-inches
Notes: ”Grape” Willemite.
Price: $200.00
FSH-842
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Esperite, Calcite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Five color specimen.
Price: $200.00
FSH-874
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Esperite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 4 x 2.25-inche
Price: $600.00
FSH-876 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4 x 3-inches
Notes: Unusual aesthetic specimen, but did not photograph well.
Price: $85.00 SOLD
FSH-911
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Margarosanite, Microcline, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey
Size: 3 x 1.5 x 1.25-inches
Notes: Fibrous wollastonite and margarosanite.
Price: $400.00
FSH-915
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-921
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Size: 6 x 5 x 3-inches
Notes: Two-toned calcite.
Price: $100.00
FSH-922
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Dolomite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: ”Crazy Calcite”
Price: $75.00
FSH-924
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Barite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 4 x 3-inches
Notes: ”Third Find” wollastonite.
Price: $125.00
FSH-926
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Esperite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 2.25 x 1.5 x 1-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-950
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Esperite, Hardystonite, Willemite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, N
Size: 2 x 2 x .75-inches
Notes: Specimen did not photograph well. Nice little esperite/hardystonite combination, with minor clinohedrite on side of specimen.
Price: $200.00
FSH-951
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Prehnite, Xonotlite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 2 x 2.5 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Not all blue in photograph is xonotlite, just lighter blue dots.
Price: $150.00
FSH-952
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $100.00
FSH-955
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-961
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Dolomite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Price: $75.00
FSH-964
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 3.5-inches
Price: $150.00
FSH-965
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: ”Grape” Willemite.
Price: $65.00
FSH-968
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite,Calcite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, NJ.
Size: 5.5 x 4 x 2.5-inches
Price: $200.00
FSH-969
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: ”Leopard Calcite
Price: $50.00
FSH-972
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Sphalerite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 3.5 x 2-inches
Notes: “Mahogany Sphalerite”
Price: $125.00
FSH-974
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Midrange Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Scapolite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 6 x 3-inches
Notes: Large display size specimen of this interesting scapolite.
Price: $350.00
FSH-981
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Price: $75.00
FSH-983 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Exsolution willemite.
Price: $250.00 SOLD
FSH-986
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 3-inches
Notes: Medium mustard colored wollastonite from a find in the 1990s. Very rich specimen from this find.
Price: $125.00
FSH-989 SOLD
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Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 5 x 3-inches
Price: $250.00 SOLD
FSH-990
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Margarosanite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Fibrous wollastonite.
Price: $550.00
FSH-995
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Clinohedrite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 2-inches
Price: $150.00
FSH-997
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Hardystonite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 6 x 3-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-999
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3-inches
Notes: Unusual two toned calcite, specimen did not photograph well.
Price: $75.00
FSH-1001
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 4 x 3-inches
Price: $350.00
FSH-1002 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Hydrozincite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Size: 6 x 5 x 4-inches
Notes: ”Tutti Frutti” specimen.
Price: $250.00 SOLD
FSH-1006
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Dolomite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6.5 x 3 x 2-inches
Notes: ”Crazy Calcite”
Price: $75.00
FSH-1008
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Dolomite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6.5 x 2.5 x 3-inches
Notes: ”Crazy Calcite”
Price: $75.00
FSH-1009 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 5 x 3-inches
Price: $300.00 SOLD
FSH-1011
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Esperite, Franklin Mine, Franklin New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 2 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-1012
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Jersey.
Size: 5.5 x 5 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Medium mustard colored wollastonite from a find in the 1990s. Very rich specimen from this find.
Price: $150.00
FSH-1013 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Esperite, Willemite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 2-inches
Price: $450.00 SOLD
FSH-1014
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Calcite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 4 x 2-inches
Notes: ”Leopard Calcite”
Price: $125.00
FSH-1019 SOLD
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Midrange Ultraviolet
Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5.5 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Price: $100.00 SOLD
FSH-1020
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 2.5 x 2.5-inches
Price: $45.00
FSH-1023
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Esperite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4 x 2.5-inche
Price: $450.00
FSH-1024 SOLD
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2 x 2-inches
Notes: Ex. George V. Polman collection #1675
Price: $65.00 SOLD
FSH-1025
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Microcline, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3.5 x 1.25-inches
Price: $45.00
FSH-1026
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Exsolution willemite.
Price: $50.00
FSH-1027
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2 x 1.5-inches
Price: $45.00
FSH-1028 SOLD
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 3 x 3.5-inches
Notes: Exsolution willemite.
Price: $250.00 SOLD
FSH-1029
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Price: $40.00
FSH-1030
White Light
Shortwave & Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Calcite, Hydrozincite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 3 x 2-inches
Price: $100.00
FSH-1032
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Esperite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00
FSH-1033
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2 x 2-inches
Price: $50.00
FSH-1036
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Esprite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 1.75 x 1.75 x 1.25-inches
Price: $50.00
FSH-1037
White Light
Shortwave & Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Price: $100.00
FSH-1039
White Light
Shortwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Hardystonite, Esprite, Willemite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.25-inches
Price: $150.00