6448 - Willemite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

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Essential Information

Specimen ID

6448

Mineral Name

Willemite

Chemical Formula

Zn2SiO4

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Specimen Number
F075

8147

Label claims specimen is nonfluorescent, but actually it fluoresces moderately bright green in shortwave UV. This is the material commonly labeled as “willemite after tephroite,” on the basis of no evidence in particular, except perhaps for the “woody” texture.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District

Mine Name

Franklin Mine