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Sonolite

Steven Phillips collection
Rare Mineral

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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: 
1.1 × 0.6 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a few very nice, striated sonolite crystals on matrix from a rare occurence at Franklin. This sample was verified by Dave Cook at Harvard at is from his collection and the Steve Phillips collection of Franklin District micromounts and rarities. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sonolite

Formula: 
Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Sono mine, Wazuka-cho, Sohraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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