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Rhodonite Willemite & Axinite-(Mn)

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Rhodonite Willemite & Axinite-(Mn)

Steven Phillips collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small but fantastic micromount with beautiful yellow axinite-Mn crystals with nice rhodonite crystals and some small, stubby doubly terminated willemite crystals. An excellent example from the Steven Phillips collection of Franklin District rarities and micromounts. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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