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Hodgkinsonite Hetaerolite & Zincite

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Hodgkinsonite Hetaerolite & Zincite

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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and very rich sample from Sterling Hill with a fracture surface hosting very rich druses and clusters of small pink hodkinsonite with clusters of brilliant, sharp hetaerolite crystals and mounds of secondary zincite sprays with sparse willemite. Very rich and aesthetic under the scope! Hodkinsonite is much rarer in good samples from Sterling Hill. George Elling collection. 

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

Hetaerolite

Formula: 
ZnMn2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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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