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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Fred Parker & George Elling collections
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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: 
4.2 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional sample with numerous, perfect pale pink hexagonal barrels of pyrosmalite-Mn in etched calcite cavities from the famous find of this mineral in 1980. Originally in the Fred Parker collection and passed to George Elling. An exceptional example of the species with a great provenance!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Strunz: 
9.EE.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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