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Chondrodite

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Chondrodite

Ex coll. Burger (CH)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.8 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Weight: 
164.00gr
Description

Coarse orange chondrodite crystals embedded in the classic Franklin pale matrix.

Classic specimen, most likely fluorescent (not checked). 

Former Swiss collection Burger, dated to pre-1950s (but possibly much older than that), relabelled in modern times.

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What's on the rock

Chondrodite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland

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