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Other References

There is an extensive literature on the minerals, mining, and history of this area. Only a few references; i.e. those which happen to be cited in this Website, are shown below. 

Interested viewers should consult Dunn (1995) for a complete list of references on the deposits.

 

Bostwick, Richard C. (1992)

The check list of Franklin-Sterling Hill fluorescent minerals: discussion and update.

The Picking Table, 33, number 2, pp 4-11.

 

Drake, A. A. (1990)

The regional geologic setting of the Franklin-Sterling Hill district.

Symposium on the character and origin of the Franklin-Sterling Hill orebodies, Proceedings, pp. 14-31, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

 

Drake, A. A.; Aleinikoff, J. N.; Volkert, R. A. (1991)

The Byram intrusive suite of the Reading Prong -- age and tectonic environment.

U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1952, Chapter D., D12-D14.

 

Jones, R. W. Jr. (1964)
Nature's hidden rainbows--the fluorescent minerals of Franklin, New Jersey

Ultra-Violet Products Inc., San Gabriel, California. 120 p. 

 

Metsger, R. W.; Tennant, C. B.; Rodda, J. L. (1958)

Geochemistry of the Sterling Hill zinc deposit, Sussex Country, New Jersey.

Geological Society of America Bulletin, 69, pp. 775-788.

 

Robbins, Manuel (1983)
The collector's book of fluorescent minerals

Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 289 p.

 

Robbins, Manuel (1994)
Fluorescence--gems and minerals under ultraviolet light

Geoscience Press Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. 374 p.

 

Warren, Thomas S.; Gleason, Sterling; Bostwick, Richard C.; Verbeek, Earl R. (1995)
Ultraviolet Light and Fluorescent Minerals

Published by Thomas S. Warren. Copies may be ordered from the distributor; Williams Minerals, R.R. 1, Box 77 Dutch Hollow Road, Rio, West Virginia, 26755.

 

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