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Chlorophoenicite & Mineral F (of Dunn)

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Chlorophoenicite & Mineral F (of Dunn)

Ted Johnson and 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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with very rich white balls of the as yet undescribed Mineral F from Sterling Hill with small sprays of chlorophoenicite and groups of willemite prisms. Rich sample of this mineral that hopefully will be described eventually. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chlorophoenicite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Strunz: 
8.BE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
colorless
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Mineral F (of Dunn)

Synonym Of: 

UM1986-10-CO:ClHMgMnZn

Formula: 
Mg5(Zn,Mn)3(CO3)2(OH,Cl)12 · H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Formula: 
Mg5(Zn,Mn)3(CO3)2(OH,Cl)12 · H2O

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