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Kolicite & Rhodochrosite

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Kolicite & Rhodochrosite

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: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a very nice group of extremely rare orange kolicite crystals on a small sliver of matrix with a ball of rhodochrosite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kolicite

Formula: 
Mn2+7Zn4(AsO4)2(SiO4)2(OH)8
Strunz: 
8.BE.60
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Red brown
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

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