6410 - Quartz

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

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Essential Information

Specimen ID

6410

Mineral Name

Quartz

Chemical Formula

SiO2

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Associated Minerals
Magnetite
Specimen Number
F037

Massive black franklinite or magnetite, noteworthy because it is cut by two veins of massive quartz. Quartz is a minor mineral in the area, volumetrically trivial, but is known as a component of retrograde metamorphic and hydrothermal assemblages postdating formation of the primary ores.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District

Mine Name

Franklin Mine