Franklin and Sterling Hill. New Jersey: the World's Most Magnificent Mineral Dep

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Franklin and Sterling Hill. New Jersey: the World's Most Magnificent Mineral Deposits.
Franklin, New Jersey 2004. xxiv + 755 pp., 420 black and white photos., 300 maps, sections and line-drawings, SEM images by Dr. Pete J. Dunn. Originally published in five volumes and now
handsomely bound and over sewn in two gold-stamped volumes of royal blue buckram with acid-free end papers.
Contents are as follows:
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 1-66).
Contents
Part 1. Historical perspective of local iron mining and processing. Historical perspective of local zinc mining
Part 2. The quarries in the Franklin marble. Major zinc-mining companies in the Franklin-Sterling Hill area. Beneficiation of the zinc ores. Cultural aspects of Franklin and Sterling Hill. Regional and local geology of the Franklin-Sterling Hill area. The geology and structure of zinc deposits. Geochemistry. Fluorescence of minerals in ultraviolet. The mineral assemblages
Part 3. Lists of minerals. Descriptive mineralogy. Nesosilicates. Sorosilicates and cyclosilicates. Inosilicates: chain silicates
Part 4. Phyllosilicates: layer silicates. Tectosilicates and silicates with unknown structures. Elements. Sulfides, arsenides, antimonides, and sulfosalts. Oxides and hydroxides. Halides and carbonates
Part 5. Sulfates, borates, tungstates, and molybdates. Arsenates, arsenites, phosphates, and vanadates. Unnamed minerals.
Appendix I. List of obscure or general mineral names.
Appendix II. Glossary of local terms.
Appendix III. The New Jersey Zinc Company, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, Sterling Mine, May 26, 1966
Until 1995 when this work was published, there was the renown, but very dated 1935 work by Charles Palache's Geological Survey Professional Paper 180 served as the singular and comprehensive source of mineralogical information about Franklin and Sterling Hill mineral species. Pete Dunn had produced a stupendous and in-depth work encompassing almost every facet of the jewel that is Franklin and Sterling Hill. His dedication and consistency shines through on almost every page. Very few collectors and readers of this publication are aware that Dunn in fact did have a collection of Franklin and Sterling Hill minerals. Many of the specimens from this collection appears in the Dunn volume and labeled as "Privately owned". Many of these specimens are now on display at the Franklin Mineral Museum. This publication is considered as the modern "bible" for the Franklin and Sterling Hill mineral collector. Unlike many publications this work is not available online and it is a must have reference.
Pete J. Dunn was a museum specialist and mineralogist in the Smithsonian’s Department of Mineral Sciences from 1972 until he retired in January, 2008. Prior to his arrival at the Museum of Natural History, he was a curator in the Geology Department at Boston University. He completed his Master’s degree in mineralogy at Boston University and his Ph.D. in mineralogy/geology from the University of Delaware. During his time at the Smithsonian, Pete was internationally recognized for his research on the mineral collection that resulted in descriptions of 134 new minerals. He had a particular passion for the complicated and fascinating geology and mineralogy of the Franklin-Sterling Hill mining district in New Jersey, publishing more than 70 scientific papers and a nine-volume monograph that are among the definitive scientific works for that locality for researchers, collectors and the public. Pete retired in January 2008 and immediately returned to the Museum as an Information Desk volunteer and served as scientist and volunteer in the Museum of Natural History for 45 years. Pete Dunn passed away on November 8, 2017.
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