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Chlorophoenicite & Leucophoenicite

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PJM167437

Chlorophoenicite & Leucophoenicite

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

This specimen features white "needles" of chlorophoenicite with reddish-pink leucophoenicite on a minor amount of matrix

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

Leucophoenicite

Formula: 
Mn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.60
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
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