Franklinite on Calcite

Item Description

A sharp, 2.3 cm, franklinite crystal is jauntily set on blocky, pastel-pink calcite accented with smaller franklinites and brown willemite. The textbook, octahedral crystal is moderately lustrous and the minor edgewear is a modest detraction. The calcite fluoresceses orange-red and the willemite green. Classic highly representative and showy material from the famous mines of the Franklin District of New Jersey. valued $250-350