Night Collecting at Phil Crabb's Property

Date:

Location: 32 Evans St., Franklin, NJ 07416

Lang Shaft / Hamburg Mine /High St. (Phil Crabb property)

AFTERNOON INTO NIGHT DIG !!!!!
High St., Franklin, NJ. Private residence containing unique outcropping ofFranklin Marble and Dolomitic rock with CLOSEST-TO-SURFACE Zinc orebody contact, in Sussex County. Fluorescents incl. varieties of Willemite and Calcite, Sphalerite, Fluorapatite, Hydrozincite, even Hardystonite, and others. “Daylight” associated minerals incl. Franklinite, Quartz, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodonite, Fluorite (massive), Epidote (massive), and others. New exciting finds as well, to be mentioned on trip.

Meet-up spot:  Franklin Mineral Museum parking area (32 Evans St. Franklin, NJ 07416). Park on grass strip just to right of the end of the main Museum lot. Phil Crabb will meet us there at 3:45 pm and guide us to the parking on High St., which will be either on the property outskirt or street – side.
Trip Notes: Please carpool to High St. from FMM if possible.

MANDATORY:  You MUST BRING YOUR OWN LW / SW / MW LAMP(s).  

See details in the attached flyer.  As with all trips - SIGN UP WITH GROUNDHOG DAVE (email / text / message)

And as with all trips - you must be a current FM-NJ member in good standing Dues - wise.

Thanks folks, have a good one and see you soon!

Fee: $20/person

Tools: Shovel, Pick, Sledgehammer, Chisels, Bucket

Post Event Write-Up:

Attendees:  Groundhog Dave, Dave "Lermanator" Lerman, Ryan "Klock Man / KlockSquatch" Klockner, "Uncle" Giuseppe Liberti, Rich Blaha, Noah "Arrowhead" Garwood, Brandon Tracey, Luca Prendini, Jenn and Joey Strauss; Linda Lovstad, Gary Quam, Kris and Maria Roselle; 

 Lisa "20 Questions" Bostedo, Renae Skubish, Jesse Sunderland and Janice Ketchuck; Eric Jones and Preme Charyatham; Nik and Joanna Caporossi with Jared

We were once again privileged to visit the "Might North Orebody" as Phil calls it, out at the High St. property in Franklin.  "Franklin" Phil met us at the Franklin Mineral museum and gave us a thorough updating of things at the site and recent developments.  We were on site and digging by 4:15 pm and many of us inspected the remains of the dump pile from the nearby construction project; this has been worked many times since its original deposition there 2 years ago. 

Notable finds included:

• "Uncle" Giuseppe Liberti and Dave "Lermanator" Lerman - large boulder of Norbergite, Diopside and Tremolite in marble, atop and behind the top of the outcropping
• Noah "Arrowhead" Garwood and Luca Prendini - several nice multi-color Sphalerite specimens 
• Brandon Tracey - blue-FL Calcite (LW) 
• Maria Roselle and Jenn Strauss - deep red Calcite FL specimens (likely Salmon Calcite)

The large boulder with the Norbergite, Diopside and Tremolite, was worked on feverishly over time by:  "Uncle" Giuseppe Liberti, Ryan "KlockSquatch" Klockner, Brandon Tracey, Luca Prendini, and Rich Blaha, while others collected small pieces and "shrapnel" pieces.  All in all it was an INCREDIBLY productive boulder !!

All in all, it was a great outing and well worth the 20 $ p/p fee!! Big thanks as always to Franklin Phil !!