This fluorescent mineral 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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Name & Location: Calcite, Willemite, Esperite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, NewJersey.
Size: 7 x 3.5 x 3-inches
Price: $600.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: ”Third Find” wollastonite.
Price: $125.00
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 SOLD
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, Franklin Mine, Franklin New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Willemite, Esperite, Calcite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Five color specimen, did not photograph well.
Price: $100.00
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 SOLD
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $225.00
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Size: 6 x 5 x 3-inches
Notes: Two-toned calcite.
Price: $100.00
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
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
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 3.5-inches
Price: $150.00
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: $325.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Price: $75.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Margarosanite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Fibrous wollastonite.
Price: $550.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Calcite, Hardystonite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 6 x 3-inches
Price: $250.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 4 x 3-inches
Price: $325.00
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
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
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 5 x 3-inches
Price: $300.00 SOLD
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
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Price: $40.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Calcite, Hydrozincite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 3 x 2-inches
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Esprite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 1.75 x 1.75 x 1.25-inches
Price: $50.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Calcite, Buckwheat Dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 5 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Very nice color change from shortwave to midrange ultraviolet.
Price: $250.00
Name & Location: Microcline, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3 x 3-inches
Price: $65.00
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Price: $45.00
Name & Location: Manganaxinite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 4 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2-inches
Notes: 700 Level.
Price: $65.00
Name & Location: Esperite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2-inches
Price: $250.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 4 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Mustard colored wollastonite from a find in the 1990s. Very rich specimen from this find.
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Chlorophane, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 4 x 4-inches
Price: $125.00 SOLD
Fluorescent Mineral FSH-1067 SOLD
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Shortwave Ultraviolet
Longwave Ultraviolet
Shortwave & Longwave Ultraviolet
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Sphalerite, Zincite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1-inches
Notes: Rare fluorescent zincite. Ex. George V. Polman Collection #1626
Price: $100.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Fluorapatite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2-inches
Price: $40.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Willemite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 2 x 2-inches
Notes: "Mahogany" sphalerite.
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Willemite, Axinite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.25-inches
Notes: Rare combination of fibrous wollastonite intermixed with willemite and axinite.
Price: $400.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Mustard colored wollastonite from a find in the 1990s. Very rich specimen from this find.
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Exsolution Willemite, Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4.5 x 2.5-inches
Price: $300.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Calcite, Axinite?, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Unusual combination of fibrous wollastonite with calcite and possibly axinite.
Price: $325.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Willemite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 3.5 x 2-inches
Notes: "Mahogany" Sphalerite with willemite.
Price: $75.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 1.25-inches
Notes: Yellow fluorescing wollastonite in red fluorescing calcite matrix.
Price: $200.00
Name & Location: Willemite, Esperite, Hardystonite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Did not photograph well. Esperite located throughout the specimen, along with some willemite.
Price: $150.00
Name & Location: Calcite, Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 4 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Orange fluorescing wollastonite in red fluorescing calcite matrix.
Price: $150.00
Name & Location: Norbergite, Diopside, Franklin Quarry, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5.5 x 5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Nice aesthetic seam of norbergite running through marble matrix.
Price: $50.00
Name & Location: Fluorapatite, Willemite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 4 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Did not photograph well.
Price: $100.00
Name & Location: Scapolite, Calcite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4.5 x 3 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Interesting 2-color specimen from the 1990s find.
Price: $50.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 2-inches
Notes: Very rich specimen.
Price: $200.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 4 x 2 x 1.5-inches
Price: $75.00
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Hardystonite, Willemite, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.25-inches
Notes: Nice small 4-color specimen.
Price: $65.00
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1-inches
Price: $30.00
Name & Location: Hardystonite, Calcite, Willemite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Nice 4-color specimen with hardystonite crystals.
Price: $250.00
Name & Location: Clinohedrite, Willemite, Hardystonite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2-inches
Price: $75.00
Name & Location: Wollastonite, Noble Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4.5 x 1.5-inches
Notes: Mustard colored wollastonite from a find in the 1990s. Very rich specimen from this find.
Price: $150.00
Name & Location: Microcline, Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 5 x 3 x 3-inches
Price: $65.00
Name & Location: Sphalerite, Willemite, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 3 x 3 x 1-inches
Notes: "Mahogany" Sphalerite with willemite.
Price: $75.00 SOLD
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite in Aegirine-Augite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey
Size: 3.5 x 3 x 2.5-inches
Notes: "Polka dot" ore specimen.
Price: $65.00
Name & Location: Calcite, Barite, 700 Level, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.5-inches
Notes: 700 level barite.
Price: $45.00
Name & Location: Willemite, Calcite, Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 6 x 4 x 2-inches
Notes: Very aesthetic 4-color specimen that did not photograph well due to the brightness of the willemite.
Price: $350.00
Name & Location: Calcite, Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, New Jersey.
Size: 7 x 5 x 2.5-inches
Notes: Very nice color change from shortwave to midrange ultraviolet. Large display size specimen.
Price: $300.00