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Chlorophoenicite & Holdenite

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Chlorophoenicite & Holdenite

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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: 
2.7 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

EDS confirmed specimen hosting chlorophoenicite needles and pinkish holdenite associated with zincite. Specimen has the ID no 19-06-23-II-35. 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

Holdenite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8
Strunz: 
8.BE.55
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Chlorophoenicite & Holdenite
Analysis Report - only: Chlorophoenicite & Holdenite