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Lennilenapeite

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Lennilenapeite

Ted Bartels collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.8 × 4.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very large, and quite nice specimen of this normally ugly species from Franklin. A large vuggy, dolomite section has very rich scales and crystal clusters of rare lennilenapeite lining the cavities with nice small crystals of pyrite and calcite. Very rich specimen from the Ted Bartels collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lennilenapeite

Formula: 
K6-7(Mg,Mn,Fe,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216·16H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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