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Nasonite Xonotlite Clinohedrite & Andradite

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Nasonite Xonotlite Clinohedrite & Andradite

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 miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 3.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with many small vugs and fracture surfaces hosting hexagonal barrels of rare nasonite with feathery white sprays of xonotlite. The matrix consists of andradite, clinohedrite ad perhaps other species. Could be trimmed to produce several samples. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nasonite

Formula: 
Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2
Strunz: 
9.BE.77
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

Clinohedrite

Formula: 
CaZn(SiO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AE.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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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