Truly a science learning center for future and present geologists, mineralogists, and local historians. Numerous rocks and minerals characteristic of the area can be found on the famous Buckwheat Dump, the mine waste pile dating from the 1870's.
Facilities are available for the testing of specimens under ultra-violet light.
A museum exhibit shows what to look for. The Franklin Mineral Museum and Mine Replica Franklin, New Jersey is located on the scenic headwaters of the Wallkill River in rural Sussex County's resort section, a region of remarkable geology involving truly ancient rocks, faults with over a thousand feet of vertical displacement and unique mineral deposition. The area owes its wealth of mineral species to initial formation a billion years ago with subsequent addition and alteration due to geologic forces incident to numerous periods of mountain building. The Colonists mined iron here and zinc mining was initiated in 1848, ceasing at Franklin in 1954. The Fluorescent Room is one of the spectacular sights of the Museum.