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Sonolite Kraisslite & Baryte

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Sonolite Kraisslite & Baryte

Ted Bartels collection
Rare Mineral

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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 × 3.1 × 2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a fracture surface that is lined with lots of small, dark red sonolite crystals with golden radial bladed kraisslite crystals and thousands of small barite prisms. Extremely rich sample from the Ted Bartels collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sonolite

Formula: 
Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Sono mine, Wazuka-cho, Sohraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Kraisslite

Formula: 
Zn3(Mn,Mg)25(Fe3+,Al)(As3+O3)2[(Si,As5+)O4]10(OH)16
Strunz: 
8.BE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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