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Lawsonbauerite

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Lawsonbauerite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Flattened rock with characteristic black granular franklinite crystals that is very rich at all surfaces in rare chocolate brown fibrous lawsonbauerite. Under short UV illumination, red coloured calcite and tiny green willemite crystals can be identified.

Ex Francis Hubert #13493.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lawsonbauerite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22·8H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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