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Hendricksite

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Hendricksite

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Black, shiny, tabulars, hendricksite crystals. It's a mineral of the Mica Group, the zinc analogue of phlogopite, annite, and shirozulite. The only Zn-dominant mica currently known. 
 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hendricksite

Formula: 
K(Zn,Mg,Mn2+)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buckwheat pit (Southwest opening; Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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