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Yeatmanite

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Yeatmanite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with extremely rare small reddish-brown cleavages and crystals of yeatmanite in ore matrix with crystals of franklinite. A very rare antimony bearing species from Sterling Hill and samples are exceedingly hard to obtain! From the George Elling collection. Coverage in two spots on both sides of the sample. 

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Yeatmanite

Formula: 
Zn6Mn2+9Sb5+2(SiO4)4O12
Strunz: 
9.AE.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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