| Locality type: | Pit |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Thorite |
| Formula: | Th(SiO4) |
| Comments: | Thorite occurs in microcline & quartz-rich pegmatites. In recent years it was ID'd on such pegmatitic material in the thorutite assemblage. |
| Colour: | Yellow to orange-yellow. |
| Luminescent properties: | None. |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Microcline | 13 |
| - var Amazonite | 4 |
| Andradite | 11 |
| Quartz | 7 |
| Calcite | 7 |
| Allanite Group | 4 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Thorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 47749 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:47749:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Thorite |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘBuckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘDouble Rock pegmatite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘTrotter Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘBEMCO prospect (Charlotte Mine), Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 38.4km (23.9 miles) | ⓘTanners Brook monazite deposit, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA |
| 67.7km (42.0 miles) | ⓘChestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 67.9km (42.2 miles) | ⓘSherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams Quarry complex, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 85.7km (53.2 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 99.7km (62.0 miles) | ⓘDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA