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Rhodonite & Andradite

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Rhodonite & Andradite

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: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniture speicimen with a fantastic vug of andradite crystals that is host to numerous sharp rhodonite blades. Really aesthetic micro from this classic find and exceptionally clean and photogenic. Ted Bartels collection from Ewald Gerstmann stock. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

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