6405 - Fluoborite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

Contributors

G. Whitney

Photos

Essential Information

Specimen ID

6405

Mineral Name

Fluoborite

Chemical Formula

Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Associated Minerals
Zincite
Specimen Number
F032

8234

Fluoborite (fibrous white mineral) intergrown with zincite. Fluoborite in the Franklin area occurs in two forms, as fibrous material along fault surfaces in and near the orebody, and as scattered, short-prismatic grains within the marble host rock. Fluoborite cannot be reliably distinguished from fibrous white sussexite by sight.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District