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Geology

Bucknell University

Minerals

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Hardystonite From The Desert View Mine, California, James A. Van Fleet, Earl R. Verbeek Apr 2014

Hardystonite From The Desert View Mine, California, James A. Van Fleet, Earl R. Verbeek

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The fluorescent mineral hardystonite is confirmed in a specimen from the Desert View Mine, California. Hardystonite had been known only from Franklin, New Jersey for over 100 years.


Fluorescent Chrysotile From Sterling Hill, New Jersey, James A. Van Fleet, Earl R. Verbeek Apr 2013

Fluorescent Chrysotile From Sterling Hill, New Jersey, James A. Van Fleet, Earl R. Verbeek

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Minerals of the serpentine group, notably chrysotile and to a lesser extent lizardite, are widely present at both Franklin and Sterling Hill. They are late-stage hydrous magnesium silicate minerals that formed by hydrothermal alteration of earlier species, among them willemite and tephroite, and are also common components of hydrothermal veins cutting the ore bodies and the enclosing marble (Dunn, 1995). Although long recognized in the area (Fowler, 1825), local serpentine was not documented as a fluorescent mineral until 2004, when a brief description of a fluorescent serpentine from Franklin appeared in The Picking Table (Cianciulli, 2004). In the present paper, …


Yellow-Fluorescing Calcite From Sterling Hill, James A. Van Fleet, E. R. Verbeek Jan 2011

Yellow-Fluorescing Calcite From Sterling Hill, James A. Van Fleet, E. R. Verbeek

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