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Nelenite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm
Description

Brown nelenite crystals on matrix. Very rare!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nelenite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)16(Si12O30)(OH)14[As3+3O6(OH)3]
Strunz: 
9.EE.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Trotter Mine (Lehigh Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA