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Nasonite

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 miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a small vug hosting a group of very stout hexagonal barrels of nasonite with barite, garnet and hancockite in this classic Parker Shaft assemblage. Nasonite crystals are very rare and this example has unusually large, thick crystals. 

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Nasonite

Formula: 
Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2
Strunz: 
9.BE.77
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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