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Ogdensburgite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.6 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with botryoidal, rare ogdensburgite coating a fracture surface on the matrix. The platy/fibrous cleavage is present. Many ogdensburgite specimens on the market are instead yukonite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ogdensburgite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+4(Zn,Mn2+)(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.57
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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