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Bustamite On Calcite

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Bustamite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Two blocky salmon pink bustamite crystals in or on massive white calcite, this material fluorces brilliantly, the calcite bright red and bustamite green

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bustamite

Formula: 
CaMn2+(Si2O6)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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