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Manganohörnesite & Adelite

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Manganohörnesite & Adelite

Fred Parker & George Elling collections
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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with some white, radial sprays of manganohornesite on matrix with greyish-pink massive adelite in the matrix. Rare! From the Fred Parker and George Elling collections.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganohörnesite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Adelite

Formula: 
CaMg(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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