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M0285
NORBERGITE
Franklin, Sussex County, NJ, USA
Crystals of a humite group mineral in marble with
graphite. This material is locally called 'norbergite'
but it may be chondrodite because the crystals ap-
pear to be monoclinic. Good brownish-orange fluor-
escence under shortwave UV.
Specimen size - approx. 9.5 cm. X 6.3 cm. X 4.2 cm.
M0584
SPINEL
Farber Quarry, Franklin, Sussex
County, NJ, USA
Pink spinel octahedron in marble with minor graphite.
Specimen size - approx. 6 cm. X 4.2 cm. X 4 cm.
M1762
VESUVIANITE
Amity, Orange County, NY, USA
Brown vesuvianite crystal section in wollastonite in
marble with diopside. This material is referred to as
'xanthite' in the older literature.
Specimen size 9 cm. X 7.5 cm. X 5.5 cm.
M0733
CORUNDUM
Warwick, Orange County, NY, USA
Pink corundum crystal in marble.
Specimen size 4.6 cm. X 4 cm. X 3 cm
M1762
ILMENITE
Amity, Orange County, NY, USA
Crude, black ilmenite crystals found loose in the
soil at a locale noted for large spinel crystals. The
ilmenite was also seen at this locality in marble with
chondrodite, phlogopite, spinel, and forsterite.
Specimen size 3 cm. X 2 cm. X 1.7 cm
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