6462 - Uvite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

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Essential Information

Specimen ID

6462

Mineral Name

Uvite

Chemical Formula

(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++)3Al5Mg(BO3)3Si6O18(OH,F)4

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Associated Rock Matrix
Marble
Specimen Number
F089

145/426

Uvite crystal in marble, shows good pale yellow fluorescence, broken on one end, but still a good specimen. Nearly all such specimens came from one or another of the local marble quarries, not from the Franklin or Sterling Hill mines.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District

Mine Name

Franklin Mine