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Franklinfurnaceite & Hodgkinsonite

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Franklinfurnaceite & Hodgkinsonite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.9 × 2.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with several small vugs in hodgkinsonite/franklinite that are host to small brown aggregates of franklinfurnaceite crystals with willemite and other unknown species. There are also some sharp pink hodgkinsonite crystals in the vugs. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Franklinfurnaceite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+Mn2+3Mn3+(Zn2Si2O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, 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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