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Adamite Ogdensburgite & Yukonite Psm Parasymplesite

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Adamite Ogdensburgite & Yukonite Psm Parasymplesite

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: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.4 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very large and very unusual, analyzed sample from Sterling Hill. The fracture surface of the top side hosts some small areas of crystalline yellow adamite, with some small crystals associated with sprays of parasymplesite blades that have been replaced by yukonite. There are also hundreds of small red clusters of ogdensburgite plates. The back of the specimen hosts a fracture surface covered in radial plates of ogdensburgite and perhaps other species. There are also a lot of white to translucent colorless balls in areas of the specimen that are perhaps dypingite? Unusual piece with analysis documentation label from the Fred Parker and George Elling collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Ogdensburgite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+4(Zn,Mn2+)(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.57
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Yukonite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.25
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
brown
Type Locality: 
Daulton Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Parasymplesite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kiura mine (Shin-Kiura mine; Kiura emery mine), Saiki City, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

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