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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Steven Phillips collection
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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small, but impressive sample with some very nice pink prisms of pyrosmalite-Mn in a matrix vug from the type locality at Sterling Hill. From the Steve Phillips collection of Franklin District micromounts and rarities. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Strunz: 
9.EE.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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