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Chlorophoenicite

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Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Chlorophoenicite fibers to ~ 1.7 mm. The Franklin and Sterling Mines remain the only know non-slag localities for chlorophoenicite. Chlorophoenicite is not as rare as some of the other arsenates found here and this is just a small sample. But it is rarely available. The chlorophoenicite has been EDS verified on another specimen. In addition to a few small (~ 2-4 mm on edge) rounded franklinite crystals, there are a few very sharply formed octahedral crystals some with penetration twinning!) in the cavity with chlorophoenicite. They might be secondary franklinites or perhaps - as suggested by the twinning - hetaerolite. I don’t know, so I’m not claiming either. Just an intriguing small bonus. The chlorophoenicite vug has a rim of colorless willemite and there is a vug with larger (but not well terminated) willemite crystals djacent. Note: The mine was closed in 1986. This material was recovered by the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in about 1992 and found on the dump in 1993. The mine is now flooded nearly to ground level.

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
LMB minerals

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