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Leucophoenicite Smithsonite & Zincite

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Leucophoenicite Smithsonite & Zincite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracture surface in zincite hosting pink striated crystals of pink leucophoenicite in the zincite vugs. Several cavities on the top of the sample host spherical clusters of smithsonite rhombohedra which are very rare at Franklin! Very nice and old specimen from the George Elling collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucophoenicite

Formula: 
Mn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.60
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Zincite

Formula: 
(Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+)O
Strunz: 
4.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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