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Hancockite & Axinite-(Mn)

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Hancockite & Axinite-(Mn)

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small smaple with rich small red blades of hancockite on axinite-Mn from the Parker shaft at Franklin. Ex. Bill and Ann Cook collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hancockite

Variety Of: 

Epidote-(Pb)

Formula: 
{CaPb}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Formula: 
{CaPb}{Al2(Fe3+,Mn3+)}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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