Photos of New Jersey mineral specimens and some Worldwide minerals

By sheer coincidence, I noticed another fluorescent mineral website was using amber text on a black background. This was after I already decided to redo much of my site with amber text on a black background. Then again, someone did decide way back in the 70's or 80's that amber text on a black background was relaxing to the eyes, so it's not as if either of us invented something new..

Lamps: I'm working on a new section with some info about the lamps used to view fluorescent minerals.

The photos below are here for information and enjoyment... most of the specimens pictured here are not for sale, though I do offer specimens on eBay and on the CR Scientific website occasionally. Some of the photos below are of ones that have sold already.

Although this site is primarily about New Jersey minerals, I couldn't resist putting some minerals from other places on here too.

Fluorescent Minerals from New Jersey:

	Barite & Calcite - Franklin, NJ
	Barite & Calcite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Calcite & Dolomite vein - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Clinohedrite, Hardystonite, Willemite, & Calcite - Franklin, NJ
	Cuspidine - Franklin, NJ
	Cuspidine, etc. - Franklin, NJ
	Esperite, Willemite, & Calcite - Franklin, NJ.
	Fluoborite - Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, NJ.
	Fluorapatite & Willemite - Franklin, NJ
	Fluorapatite, etc. - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ.
	Fluorite, etc. - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ.
	Hardystonite & Calcite showing excellent zone separation. Franklin, NJ.
	Hardystonite, Calcite, & Willemite - Franklin, NJ.
	Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, & Willemite - Franklin, NJ.
	Hydrozincite - Franklin, NJ. Also an Ogdensburg one pictured on the same page
	Hydrozincite & Calcite - Franklin, NJ
	Johnbaumite in Calcite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Manganaxinite, etc. - Franklin, NJ
	Manganaxinite & Clinohedrite - Franklin, NJ.
	Manganaxinite & Xonotlite - Franklin, NJ
	Margarosanite - Franklin, NJ
	Meionite (Scapolite) - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Meionite (Scapolite) - Franklin, NJ
	Microcline with Calcite vein - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Norbergite - Cork Hill Road, Franklin, NJ
	Prehnite, Pectolite, etc. - Parker Shaft, Franklin, NJ
	Scapolite w/ cerussite & galena: Noble Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Scapolite - Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, NJ
	Scapolite, Fluorapatite, & Calcite: Noble Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Sphalerite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Sphalerite & Calcite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Sphalerite vein in Calcite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Sphalerite vein in Calcite & Willemite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Sphalerite & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Willemite & Calcite - Mine Run Dump, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Willemite & Calcite showing "crazy" pattern: Mine Run, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Willemite & Calcite showing crystal shapes: Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Willemite & Calcite showing large grain size: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Willemite & Calcite, unusual exsolution variety: Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Willemite & Hardystonite in Calcite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Wollastonite in calcite - Noble Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Xonotlite, etc. - Franklin, NJ
	Zincite, Hydrozincite, Aragonite, & Willemite, unusual fluor. var. of zincite. Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ

Fluorescent Minerals from Everywhere Else:

	Autunite - Guilford, CT.
	Celestite - Lime City Quarry, Ohio
	Dendritic Opal - Cedar Rim, Wyoming
	Fluorite, Calcite, & Willemite - Hogan Claim, Yavapai County, AZ.
	Manganapatite - Center Strafford, NH.
	Ruby (Corundum) - Viet Nam
	Wollastonite in Calcite - Desert View Mine, San Bernardino Co., CA

Cabochons:

	Glaucochroite, Willemite, & Calcite - cut from Buckwheat Dump (Franklin) rock. Exhibits color-change behavior.
	Hardystonite Cabochon - cut from Buckwheat Dump (Franklin) material.
	Hardystonite, Calcite, & Willemite Cabochon - cut from Franklin Mine material

White-Light Specimens:

	Allanite-(Ce) - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Alleghanyite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Antigorite (Serpentine) - sub-translucent, compact. Phillipsburg, NJ
	Augite ("Jeffersonite") - Noble Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Bementite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Bustamite - Franklin, NJ
	Epidote - Andover, NJ
	Fluorapatite with andradite and willemite - Franklin, NJ
	Fluorite - Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, NJ
	Franklinite crystal in calcite - Mine Run, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Gahnite crystal in calcite - Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Galena, Malachite (?), & Calcite - Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ
	Hematite micro crystal - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Magnetite - rare cubic form - Balmat, NY
	Rhodochrosite - Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Rhodonite - Franklin, NJ
	Sphalerite specimen weighing 42 lbs. Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Thorite : Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ
	Tremolite crystal in calcite. Lime Crest, Sparta, NJ
	Unidentified with Rhodonite, Andradite, etc. Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, NJ