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Graphite from
Whispering Woods Lane, Sterling Hill, Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Road
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Comments:Large blebs of light yellow norbergite with white diopside and divergent sprays of prismatic, light gray tremolite crystals in graphitic Franklin marble matrix.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite7
Diopside6
Norbergite5
Pyrrhotite3
Fluorophlogopite3
Tremolite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whispering Woods Lane, Sterling Hill, Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:51652
Long-form Identifier:1:3:51652:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘPassaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘFill Quarry, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘFranklin Quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘFowler Quarry (Nichol Quarry; B. Nicoll Quarry; Nicoll Quarry; Nicol Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCanfield Mica locality, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘFranklin Iron Company Quarry (Pistol Range Quarry; Rifle Range Quarry), Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBuckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘMunson Marble Quarry, Franklin Borough, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘBuckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
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