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Hodgkinsonite

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Hodgkinsonite

Ted Bartels collection
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Description
Locality: 
Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature specimen with a vug hosting fantastic crystals of pink hodgkinsonite with rough franklinite crystals. A classic piece from the locality. Ted Bartels collection from Ewald Gerstmann stock. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hodgkinsonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AE.20
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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