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Schallerite

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Schallerite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a vein of rare schallerite composed of intergrown orange crystals from the type locality. There are two small vugs on the sample with tiny, extremely rare trigonal crystals of the species. A real rarity from the George Elling collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schallerite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)16Si12As3O36(OH)17
Strunz: 
9.EE.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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