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Johannsenite Tephroite & Copper

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Johannsenite Tephroite & Copper

Ted Bartels collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample hosting a nice small group of johannsenite columnar crystals from the type locality. Associated are nice pink, pointed tephroite crystals with axinite-Mn and even a stringer of native copper. Much nicer than my photos!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Johannsenite

Formula: 
CaMn2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Tephroite

Formula: 
Mn2+2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Forms short prismatic crystals.
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Pale gray
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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