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Zincite & Hodgkinsonite

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Zincite & Hodgkinsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very nice thumbnail with nice clusters of zincite crystals on a fracture surface with groups of tiny, pale pink hodgkinsonite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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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