Pinkish-lavender sussexite interlayered with white to tannish-yellow willemite, part of a thick vein cutting granular franklinite-willemite ore. Specimens such as this, from Franklin rather than Sterling Hill, are seen occasionally in some institutional collections but are rare on the market today. This one belongs to the Sterling Hill Mining Museum and is their specimen SHMM-2288. Previously it was in the collection of Tom Fitzpatrick (his no. 316) and later belonged to Sterling Hill miner John Kolic, who obtained it in March 1981 from legendary Franklin dealer, Ewald Gerstmann, and added it to his collection as specimen no. 401. This specimen is from the same find as SSX20.
Identifier: SSX41a Locality: Franklin mine, Franklin Specimen size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 4 cm Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek