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SC463 - Calcite


Locality: Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 11 x 9 x 7.5 cm - Large cabinet (10-15 cm)
Weight: >500 g
minID: YFX-Q53

Just calcite, with a little franklinite (and a very little zincite). Fluorescent red under shortwave UV light.

Left: Fluorescence under 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.
Last update: 04 December 2021