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Nelenite

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Nelenite

Ted Bartels collection
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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample of extremely rare nelenite as small brown cleavages in matrix from the type locality for the species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nelenite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)16(Si12O30)(OH)14[As3+3O6(OH)3]
Strunz: 
9.EE.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Trotter Mine (Lehigh Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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