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Rhodonite & Franklinite

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Rhodonite & Franklinite

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Description
Locality: 
Buckwheat Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
413.00gr
Description

Very nice red rhodochrosite with black franklinite crystals. Small orange-brown crystals probably monazite-(ce) ...?

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Franklinite

Formula: 
Zn2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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