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Hulsite

Ex A.E. Foote, Philadelphia
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Description
Locality: 
Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Black tabular hulsite crystals with green vesuvianite in matrix.

Seldom offered historic type locality specimen from the 19th century with an interesting provenence.

Comes with the original A.E. Foote ( 1846 - 1895 ) label to be glued to the specimen.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hulsite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)2(Fe3+,Sn)(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough, Alaska, USA
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