A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey, USA |
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| Description | Franklinite, ZnFe2O4, is one of the minerals found at Franklin, New Jersey, a famous mineral collecting locality. It is an important ore of zinc and manganese, two important strategic and industrial metals. It forms octahedral crystals that are typical of the spinel group of minerals. This specimen is massive, and has a dark gray-black metallic luster. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Jersey. Near Franklin. Franklin Furnace. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-04-19. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #455. |
| Key words | franklinite, New Jersey |
| Tech details | 752 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 357 |
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