6453 - Vesuvianite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

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Essential Information

Specimen ID

6453

Mineral Name

Vesuvianite

Mineral Variety

Cyprine

Chemical Formula

Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Associated Minerals
Diopside
Andradite
Specimen Number
F080

F006

Blue color is due to cyprine (the copper-bearing variety of vesuvianite). The chocolate brown mineral is diopside, and the light brown mineral is andradite. Hydrothermal willemite intergrown with the other minerals is the cause of the green fluorescence; in many specimens such willemite is not at all visible in daylight.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District

Mine Name

Franklin Mine