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Hauckite & Sussexite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some tiny hexagonal clusters of rare hauckite crystals in cavities in pyrochroite. The bulk of the matrix is composed of fibrous white sussexite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauckite

Formula: 
Fe3+3(Mg,Mn2+)24Zn18(SO4)4(CO3)2(OH)81
Strunz: 
7.BB.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Sussexite

Formula: 
Mn2+BO2(OH)
Strunz: 
6.BA.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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