At-A-Glance
Country of Origin
NJ
United States
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Essential Information
Specimen ID
6390
Mineral Name
Pyrrhotite
Chemical Formula
Fe(1-x)S;(x=0-0.17)
Subcollection
Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Additional Details
Associated Minerals
Calcite
Specimen Number
F017
Notes for Researchers
4/88
Physical Description
The mineral labeled “chloanthite” is probably weathered pyrrhotite. Too bad, but should check to confirm. If chloanthite (an obsolete name for the “white arsenides” rammelsbergite, gersdorffite, and löllingite) it is much more significant.
Geographic Origin
Locality Nickname
Trotter Mine, Franklin, New Jersey
Locality Lat/Long
41.1220409, -74.5804378
Mining District
Franklin Mining District
Mine Name
Trotter Mine