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Sarkinite Serpierite & Digenite

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Sarkinite Serpierite & Digenite

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: 
8 × 5 × 3.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracure surface that is host to numerous different species. Several areas have bright pink to red crystals of sarkinite with traces of native copper, tiny blades and prisms of black digenite and spots of rich, pale blue, crystalline serpierite. Rich sample from the George Elling collection. 

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

Serpierite

Formula: 
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Digenite

Formula: 
Cu9S5
Strunz: 
2.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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