Hemimorphite

Sterling Hill Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
Cabinet, 10.6 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Start Time: 09/11/2008 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/23/2008 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Sparkling spheres of ivory colored smithsonite, to 1.5 cm across are emplaced on matrix. Ex collection of William Jefferis from 1870 when post-war mining here really hit its stride. A good, and verifiably old, early Franklin area specimen!

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