Large Zincite Crystal

Large Zincite Crystal from Buckwheat (Franklin) Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Collection

Steven Kuitems

Description

Exceptional Zincite crystal with one main triangular crystal and several other crude crystals, with Calcite and Franklinite. The color on this is a deep orange-red. Ex David Wellbrock collection. This picture was featured in the September-October 2013 edition of the Mineralogical Record (page 525).

Locality

Buckwheat (Franklin) Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Dimensions

Crystal: 1.4 cm. Matrix: 3 cm.

Photograph

© Eerl Verbeek

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