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Rhodonite & Hendricksite

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Rhodonite & Hendricksite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very nice little thumbnail with sharp pink crystals of rhodonite attached to a plate of hendricksite. The specimen was exposed by the etching of the enclosing calcite. A very classic and aesthetic sample from the George Elling collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Hendricksite

Formula: 
K(Zn,Mg,Mn2+)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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