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Hodgkinsonite & Pyrochroite

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Hodgkinsonite & Pyrochroite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with two fractures (top and bottom of specimen) hosting lots of small, bright pink to colorless hodgkinsonite crystals in groups with sparse, rough brown crystals of pyrochroite on franklinite/willemite matrix. Pyrochroite is quite rare at Franklin. George Elling, Ted Johnson and John Albanese collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hodgkinsonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AE.20
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Pyrochroite

Formula: 
Mn(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Pajsberg Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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