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Meta-ankoleite & Sarkinite

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Meta-ankoleite & 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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a fracture surface hosting hundreds of small crystals of sarkinite with a few patches of extremely rare meta-ankoleite as small tabular yellow crystals, with tiny green meta-zeunerite crystals. This was an extremely rare occurrence at the locality and was limited to only a few specimens. Extremely rare sample from the collection of George Elling, long-term curator at the Franklin Mineral Museum. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meta-ankoleite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole pegmatite field, Mbarara District, Uganda

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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