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Franklinfurnaceite & Hodgkinsonite

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Franklinfurnaceite & Hodgkinsonite

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: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a world class micromount with exceptional, free-growing clusters of franklinfurnaceite crystals in a rich vug of lustrous, sharp hodgkinsonite prisms. A truly exceptional and highly aesthetic example of both species from the Alice Kraissl and Steve Phillips collection of Franklin District micromounts and rarities. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Franklinfurnaceite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+Mn2+3Mn3+(Zn2Si2O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Hodgkinsonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AE.20
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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