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Margarosanite

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

A nice specimen of shortwave fluorescent Margarosanite (light blue) on feldspar with Andradite Garnet, from the type locality, at the Franklin Mine, in New Jersey.  The purple fluorescent mineral is most likely Xonotlite

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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

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