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WILLEMITE var. Troostite with FRANKLINITE in CALCITE - WIL5037

$175.00 Weight: 312 g


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Specifications

Sterling Mine; Sterling Hill; Franklin Mining District; Ogdensburg; Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
43mm x 38mm x 23mm
This specimen is dominated by a single brick-red crystal of willemite var. troostite measuring 22 x 21 x 18 mm, embedded in calcite with other smaller willemite crystals and associated minor franklinite. The willemite fluoresces bright green under shortwave (254 nm) UV light.