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Friedelite

Ted Bartels collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large, rich specimen of friedelite with a thick vein of friedelite filling a fracture in ore. There are several large vugs bearing very nice clusters of triangular pinkish-orange friedelite crystals filling them completely. This is a very rich specimen from Franklin from the Ted Bartels collection. From Ewald Gerstmann stock. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Friedelite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Strunz: 
9.EE.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montagne d'Azet, Aderville, Louron Valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France...

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