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Zincite Sjögrenite Pyroaurite & Chlorophoenicite

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Zincite Sjögrenite Pyroaurite & Chlorophoenicite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with many vugs filled with nice yellow zincite crystals with beige hexagonal pyroaurite crystals, some containing orange sjogrenite as a 'sandwich filling' and sparse white acicular chlorophoenicite. Beautiful and rich specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincite

Formula: 
(Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+)O
Strunz: 
4.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Sjögrenite

Synonym Of: 

Pyroaurite-2H

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.45
Hardness: 
2.5

Pyroaurite

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Chlorophoenicite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Strunz: 
8.BE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
colorless
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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