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Pecoraite Psm Millerite & Siderite

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Pecoraite Psm Millerite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Green needles of pecoraite pseudomorphing millerite in a vug of sharp brown siderite crystals.   There is more pecoraite deep in the vug, but impossible to photograph.   The specimen is from the collection of Glenn Petrie, who included a photograph with his label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pecoraite

Formula: 
Ni3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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