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Hodgkinsonite & Franklinfurnaceite

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Hodgkinsonite & Franklinfurnaceite

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some nice pink hodgkinsonite crystals in vug in massive hodgkinsonite. At the arrow is a small, dark reddish-brown cluster of franklinfurnaceite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hodgkinsonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AE.20
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Franklinfurnaceite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+Mn2+3Mn3+(Zn2Si2O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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