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Fluorescent Chrysotile From Sterling Hill, New Jersey
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  • James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University
  • Earl R. Verbeek, Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Publication Date
4-1-2013
Description

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, we describe additional examples of fluorescent serpentine, most from Sterling Hill.

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Journal
The Picking Table: Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society
Citation Information
James A. Van Fleet and Earl R. Verbeek. "Fluorescent Chrysotile From Sterling Hill, New Jersey" Vol. 54 Iss. 1 (2013) p. 17 - 21
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_vanfleet/32/