6380 - Graphite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

Contributors

William Squier

Photos

Essential Information

Specimen ID

6380

Mineral Name

Graphite

Chemical Formula

C

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Specimen Number
F007

17/2

Graphite, uncommonly large pure specimen, could be from Franklin, but uncertain. Large masses of graphite such as this are uncommon from the Franklin – Sterling Hill area but have been found now and then in some of the local quarries. The problem is that few of them have sufficient associated minerals to prove derivation from the Franklin area.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District