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Mcgovernite & Hodgkinsonite

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Mcgovernite & Hodgkinsonite

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: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with very rich brown plates of mcgovernite crystals. There are also numerous small vugs with nice small aggregates of pink hodgkinsonite crystals with minor chlorophoenicite. Some of the mcgovernite crystals form the cavity walls which is very unusual. Rich! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mcgovernite

Formula: 
Mn19Zn3(AsO4)3(AsO3)(SiO4)3(OH)21
Strunz: 
8.BE.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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

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