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Mooreite

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Mooreite

George Elling collection
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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: 
3.4 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a large mass of crystallized mooreite making up most of the sample. In the interstices of the plates are vugs hosting sharp mooreite crystals with tiny white balls of smithsonite and small, sharp hetaerolite crystals. Very rich sample!! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mooreite

Formula: 
Mg92Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26·8H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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