Positively NJ: The push to name Franklinite as the official mineral of New Jersey

For the better part of a decade, lawmakers and rockhounds from Sussex County have been trying to get Franklinite - a rock comprised of zinc, iron and manganese - made into the official mineral of the Garden State.

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