Franklinite and Willemite (Marty Zinn Coll)

Item Description

A textbook, classic, 1.5 cm, lustrous, franklinite crystal with nifty beveled edges is jauntily perched on matrix of rose-tan willemite, innumerable smaller and broken franklinites and a bit of calcite. This is CLASSIC, highly desirable combination material from the famous Franklin Mine of New Jersey and the Marty Zinn Collection # 8499. The willemite has a screaming, shocking-green fluorescense, as you expect. The calcite fluoresces a more muted red, in this instance. Valued at $650, HIS VALUE, when the collection was sold in 2005. I bought a lot of rarities then, and paid 20% less than this price...valuing it at $900-1250 range at the time.