Mineral Species Found at
Franklin and Ogdensburg, NJ

REVISED BY THE FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM MINERAL LIST COMMITTEE, AUGUST 2017

The Franklin Mineral Museum (FMM) is responsible for publishing an annual list of mineral species known to occur in the Franklin Mining District. This list has traditionally appeared every fall in the show booklet for the Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show, an event sponsored by the FMM and now in its 61st year, and is also published on occasion in The Picking Table, the journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. A museum-appointed Species List Committee prepares this list in consultation with various subject-matter experts. Members of the current committee are Richard Bostwick, Dr. Steven Kuitems, Lee Lowell, Tony Nikischer, and Dr. Earl Verbeek. Vandall King provided extensive technical assistance and advice regarding the current list in preparation for a soon-to-appear book on the local minerals.
The Species List Committee holds to strict standards of identification. Before the advent of this committee and involvement of the Franklin Mineral Museum, some previous lists were flawed by incorrect sight identifications (often of minerals that were not inherently sight-identifiable), insufficient data to uphold a claimed identification, or claims of positive identifications based on unknown or unrevealed sources. In addition, problems of fabricated species identifications occurred on occasion, especially when such claims would result in financial gains through increased mineral sales. To hold such problems to a minimum, it is the policy of the Committee to accept only well verified species to its lists. To validate a claim of a mineral new to the area, the Committee requests copies of the original data and specification of the analytical methods used. The discoverer is further requested to submit a descriptive article to The Picking Table, for the benefit of the society's members.

This list conforms to the nomenclature of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) except where noted.

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