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Hauckite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a vug system hosting numerous pale orange clusters of thin hexagonal hauckite crystals with sussexite, cholorphoenicite and minor secondary zincite crystals and pyrochroite. A very rich sample of this rare species. 

Mineral Data
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Hauckite

Formula: 
Fe3+3(Mg,Mn2+)24Zn18(SO4)4(CO3)2(OH)81
Strunz: 
7.BB.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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