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Margarite Arsenopyrite & Corundum

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Margarite Arsenopyrite & Corundum

Steven Phillips collection
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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a rough crystal of corundum hosting a cluster of well-formed margarite crystals and flat, complicated crystal of arsenopyrite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Margarite

Formula: 
CaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.30
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Großer Greiner, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

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