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Chlorophoenicite

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed sample no 2019-06-23-II-35

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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: 
2.4 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed sample no 2019-06-23-II-35  hosting filigrane chlorophoenicite needles. Both are analysed, analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chlorophoenicite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Strunz: 
8.BE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
colorless
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Chlorophoenicite
Analysis Report - only: Chlorophoenicite
Analysis Report - only: Chlorophoenicite