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TGMS Fluorescent Displays

 
2018 Tucson Gem & Mineral Society (TGMS)

Special Fluorescent Mineral Displays at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society Show, Feb. 2015

Kerry Cooper and George Polman’s display


Special Fluorescent Mineral Displays at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society Show, Feb. 2008


 Part of Dick and Earl’s display




 Public viewing the display
  

Another view of the World Class display

 

Here are three photos of the special TGMS display case that was next to the Franklin and Sterling Hill -American Mineral Treasures display case. The fluorescent case was modified just for displaying fluorescent mineral in high ambient room light in the Tucson Convention Center. This case has four special SW TripleBright 3 UV lights and a cantilevered black cloth covering for the top and sides. Most of the specimens are from the personal collections of Richard C. Bostwick and Earl R. Verbeek, with some from the Sterling Hill Mining Museum. This was undoubtedly the finest single display case of fluorescent minerals since Tucson ’96 when there were 76 cases of fluorescent minerals at the TGMS Show.

Fluorescent Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey

The two zinc deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, have produced some of the finest examples of mineral fluorescence in the world. What makes these localities so great? Consider the following:

  • Large number of fluorescent mineral species: 89 at last count.
  • Bright, bold, and varied colors of fluorescence, with at least 20 species fluorescing brightly enough for display.
  • Presence in many specimens of two or more fluorescent minerals.
  • Large grain size and textural complexity of many mineral assemblages.
  • Fluorescent species rare or unknown elsewhere (hardystonite, esperite, turneaureite, clinohedrite, numerous others).
 

Not listed in any specific order, for reference only


BARITE in CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

MANGANAXINITE, MARGAROSANITE with minor WILLEMITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“Third Find”)
Large bladed crystal in CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

HARDYSTONITE, WILLEMITE,CALCITE, CLINOHEDRITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“First Find”)
Granular mass with minor WILLEMITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

ESPERITE and CALCITE with minor WILLEMITE and HARDYSTONITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WILLEMITE (secondary, radiating, partly altered to SERPENTINE)
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

ESPERITE, HARDYSTONITE, WILLEMITE, CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

CALCITE and WILLEMITE in DIOPSIDE (“Christmas Tree rock”)
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

MARGAROSANITE and WILLEMITE (granular layer in CALCITE)
Shuster Park, Franklin, NJ

WILLEMITE, CALCITE, FRANKLINITE (layered ore)
Buckwheat dump, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (coarse-grained mass)
600 level, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (solid granular mass)
700 level, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

CLINOHEDRITE with minor WILLEMITE and CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

TURNEAUREITE in CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE and MARGAROSANITE and minor WILLEMITE and CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (fibrous mass) with WILLEMITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

MANGANAXINITE with WILLEMITE
Palmer Mill site, Franklin, NJ

ESPERITE replacing HARDYSTONITE with trace WILLEMITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

ESPERITE, WILLEMITE, CALCITE, CLINOHEDRITE, HARDYSTONITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

MARGAROSANITE (radiating crystals on fracture surface) with minor WILLEMITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“Third Find”)
Bladed crystals in CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WILLEMITE (anhedral masses in CALCITE)
1680 Stope below 1400 level,
Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

WILLEMITE (“Dead Zone” vein in ore)
430 level, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

WILLEMITE (secondary crystal rosettes on fracture surface)
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

TURNEAUREITE in CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“Second Find”)
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

MARGAROSANITE, WILLEMITE, MANGANAXINITE, trace CLINOHEDRITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“Second Find”) with CALCITE, HARDYSTONITE, WILLEMITE, and BARITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

BARITE (granular layer in calcite)
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ

WOLLASTONITE (“First Find”) with WILLEMITE, minor CALCITE
Franklin mine, Franklin, NJ