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Sjögrenite Pyroaurite Willemite & Chlorophoenicite

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Sjögrenite Pyroaurite Willemite & Chlorophoenicite

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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: 
1.7 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a large vug hosting large matted clusters of white chlorophoenicite, acicular willemite, and many tiny hexagonal plates of pyroaurite. Several of the plates have tiny orange caps that are sjogrenite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

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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