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Mooreite & Pyrochroite

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Mooreite & Pyrochroite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some very nice bladed crystals of mooreite with black pyrochroite crystals. A rare Fred Parker (Parker Shaft) micromount! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mooreite

Formula: 
Mg92Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26·8H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Pyrochroite

Formula: 
Mn(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Pajsberg Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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