Mineral Species Found at Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ

This list is current as of September 2008 and is revised annually by the Mineral List Committee of the Franklin- Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. Species unique to the Franklin-Sterling Hill area are in bold type.

A D J P T Acanthite Datolite Jacobsite Parabrandtite Talc Actinolite Descloizite Jarosewichite Paragonite Tennantite Adamite Devilline Jerrygibbsite Pararammelsbergite Tephroite Adelite Digenite Johannsenite Pararealgar Tetrahedrite Aegirine Diopside Johnbaumite Parasymplesite Thomsonite-Ca Akrochordite Djurleite Junitoite Pargasite Thorite Albite Dolomite Pectolite Thortveitite Allactite Domeykite K Pennantite Thorutite Allanite-(Ce) Dravite Kaolinite Petedunnite Tilasite Alleghanyite Duftite Kentrolite Pharmacolite Titanite Almandine Dundasite Kittatinnyite Pharmacosiderite Todorokite Analcime Dypingite Kolicite Phlogopite Torreyite Anandite Köttigite Picropharmacolite Tremolite Anatase E Kraisslite Piemontite Turneaureite Andradite Edenite Kutnahorite Powellite Anglesite Epidote Prehnite U Anhydrite Pumpellyite-(Mg) Epidote-(Pb) L Uraninite Annabergite Epsomite Pyrite Uranophane-alpha Anorthite Larsenite Pyroaurite Erythrite Laumontite Uranospinite Anorthoclase Esperite Pyrobelonite Uvite Antlerite Lawsonbauerite Pyrochroite Euchroite Lead Apatite-(CaF) Eveite Pyrophanite Apophyllite-(KF) Legrandite Pyrosmalite-(Mn) V Apophyllite-(KOH) Lennilenapeite Pyroxmangite Vesuvianite Aragonite F Leucophoenicite Pyroxferroite Villyaellenite Arsenic Fayalite Linarite Pyrrhotite Arseniosiderite Feitknechtite Liroconite W Arsenopyrite Ferrimolybdite Lizardite Wallkilldellite Ferro-actinolite Löllingite Q Atacamite Quartz Wawayandaite Augite Flinkite Loseyite Wendwilsonite Aurichalcite Fluckite Willemite Aurorite Fluoborite M R Wollastonite Austinite Fluorite Magnesiohornblende Rammelsbergite Woodruffite Axinite-(Fe) Fluoro-edenite Magnesioriebeckite Realgar Wulfenite Axinite-(Mn) Forsterite Magnesiochlorophoenicite Retzian-(La) Wurtzite Azurite Fraipontite Magnetite Retzian-(Nd) Franklinfurnaceite Rhodochrosite Magnussonite X Franklinite Malachite Rhodonite B Franklinphilite Richterite Xonotlite Bakerite Manganberzeliite Friedelite Manganhumite Roeblingite Bannisterite Roméite Y Bariopharmacosiderite Manganite G Manganocummingtonite Rosasite Yeatmanite Barylite Rouaite Yukonite Barysilite Gageite Manganohörnesite Gahnite Manganosite Roweite Baryte Rutile Bassanite Galena Marcasite Z Baumhauerite Ganomalite Margarite Zincite Bementite Ganophyllite Margarosanite S Zinkenite Berthierite Genthelvite Marialite Safflorite Zircon Bianchite Gersdorffite-P213 Marsturite Samfowlerite Znucalite Biotite1 Gerstmannite Mcallisterite Sarkinite Birnessite Glaucochroite Mcgovernite Sauconite Bornite Glaucodot Meionite Schallerite Bostwickite Goethite Meta-ankoleite Scheelite Brandtite Gold Metalodèvite Schorl Breithauptite Goldmanite Metazeunerite Sclarite Brochantite Graeserite Microcline Scorodite Brookite Graphite Mimetite Seligmannite Brucite Greenockite Minehillite Sepiolite Bultfonteinite Grossular Molybdenite Serpierite Bustamite Groutite Monazite-(Ce) Siderite Grunérite Monohydrocalcite Sillimannite C Guerinite Mooreite Silver Cahnite Gypsum Muscovite Sjögrenite Calcite Skutterudite Canavesite H N Smithsonite Carrollite Haidingerite Nasonite Sonolite Caryopilite Halotrichite Natrolite Spangolite Celestine Hardystonite Nelenite Spessartine Celsian Hastingsite Neotocite Sphalerite Cerussite Hauckite Newberyite Spinel Chabazite-Ca Hausmannite Niahite Starkeyite Chalcocite Hawleyite Nickeline Sterlinghillite Chalcophanite Hedenbergite Nontronite Stibnite Chalcopyrite Hedyphane Norbergite Stilbite-Ca Chamosite Hellandite-(Y) Stilbite-Na Charlesite Hematite Stipnomelane O Strontianite Chloritoid Hemimorphite Ogdensburgite Chlorophoenicite Hendricksite Sulphur Ojuelaite Sussexite Chondrodite Hercynite Orthoclase Chrysocolla Hetaerolite Synadelphite Orthoserpierite Synchysite-(Ce) Chrysotile Heulandite-Na Otavite Cianciulliite Hexahydrite Clinochlore Hodgkinsonite Clinoclase Holdenite Clinohedrite Hübnerite Clinohumite Humite Clinozoisite Hydrohetaerolite Clintonite Hydrotalcite Conichalcite Hydroxyapophyllite Connellite Hydrozincite Copper Corundum I Covellite Illite Cryptomelane Ilmenite Cummingtonite Cuprite Cuprostibite Cuspidine Cyanotrichite

1 Biotite is the name for a mineral series, not a species, but which member(s) of the biotite series occur(s) at Franklin & Sterling Hill is not yet known.

2 Illite is an accepted name for a series of minerals with a known range of compositions, but no end-member species within this series have yet been formally named or described.

Total Mineral Species = 357 Total Unique to Area = 28 (bold type)