Willemite (old, sharp xl)

Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
Thumbnail, 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Start Time: 04/12/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/16/2009 8:06:01 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An OLD-TIME CLASSIC from the famous Franklin Mine of a very sharp, lustrous, orangish-brown, willemite rhombohedron on willemite with a bit of franklinite and zincite. Comes with an expertly handwritten, faded label from an older collection. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I. SUPER green fluorescence.

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