About this web site

Purpose of this website

The goal of this Website is to share some of the wonder that surrounds the minerals of Franklin-Sterling Hill, New Jersey. These mineral deposits are among the most unusual in the world.

	Hodgkinsonite. A rare mineral unique to the Franklin-Sterling Hill district. Franklin, NJ. Width 4 cm.

Photographs and photomicrographs of specimens in the author's private collection, as well as other specimens, are provided to help illustrate some basic characteristics of a few of these remarkable minerals.

It is especially hoped that this Website will interest an audience outside of the local collector community. Updates will be provided as time permits.

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About the website author

My name is Herb Yeates, and I live with my wife Maria in the USA.

	Thinking of Franklin minerals, somewhere on the Java Sea.

The minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey have been an interest for me for 30 years, and I hope some of this interest is successfully shared through this Website.

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All otherwise unattributed material on this Website is copyright ©1997-2004 Herb Yeates. Write to me for permission to use any content contained in this Website, in any format, elsewhere.

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