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Sarkinite

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Sarkinite

George Elling collection
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: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a quite large grouping of unusually prismatic sarkinite crystals on a fracture with many smaller crystals. Very interesting habit for the species and quite aesthetic sample. From the John McDonald and George Elling collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sarkinite

Formula: 
Mn2+2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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