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Texasite With Chromite

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Texasite With Chromite

Ex Groom-Napier, Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Locality: 
Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 1 cm
Description

A layer of a bright green mineral on dark chromite matrix. A 19th century specimen with label of notorious Charles Ottley Groom-Napier (1839-1894) alias "Prince of Mantua and Montferrat" ("Mus. M&M"). Although the script on the Groom-Napier labels is usually easy to read, I was not able to identify the mineral name, it looks like 'Serasite' or similar but this name does not exists as a valid mineral name. It's possibly zaratite, antigorite or another Cr/Ni mineral. The locality seems to be correct. So this specimen is something for being analyzed. Weigth:14 grams

***Updated: Label has been deciphered as reading "texasite" -texasite (of Kenngott, published 1853) is a synonym for zaratite.- thanks to the e-Rocks visitor who solved the mystery.***

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Texasite

Renamed To: 

Texasite (of Kenngott)

Chromite

Formula: 
Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bastide de la Carrade, Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

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