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PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A RECENT MINERAL
COLLECTING TRIP TO THE 'FLUORESCENT
MINERAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD' |
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General scene of shortwave ultraviolet-illuminated zinc ore at night.
Collectors move about in front of large wall of fluorescing
willemite (green) and
calcite (red).
Calcite 'sand' in foreground also glows red. Ultraviolet illumination
stand can be seen at right and contains one UV Systems Triplebright and
one WTC 190-watt display lamp. Trotter mineral dump, Franklin, NJ. |
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West limb of the
Franklin orebody fluorescing under shortwave ultraviolet. View looking
along strike, roughly
north, with several collectors in foreground. Trotter mineral dump,
Franklin, NJ. |
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Wall of zinc ore looking
roughly due west. Note UV 'shadows' created by collectors. Trotter mineral dump, Franklin, NJ. |
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Collector busily working
on a thin willemite vein. This area has yielded many fine specimens of
secondary willemite. Trotter mineral dump, Franklin, NJ. |
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The Trotter Dig is
organized by the DVESS in
kind cooperation with property owner Mr. Steven Phillips. For more
information about the minerals of Franklin & Sterling Hill,
visit here. |
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All photos
©
Herb Yeates
2006.
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