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Margarosanite

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Grayish-white, resinous masses of margarosanite that shows light blue fluorescence, from this old  famous american mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Margarosanite

Formula: 
Pb(Ca,Mn2+)2(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA