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Gerstmannite : (Mg,Mn2+)Zn[(OH)2|SiO4]

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

A cleavage fragment stuck on black (dirty) sticky tape, about 0.1 cm long. S402-306 #2#
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Gerstmannite : (Mg,Mn2+)Zn[(OH)2|SiO4]

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

This is a 1cm spray of light pink lath-like crystals of Gerstmannite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Gerstmannite is a very rare species at Sterling Hill Mine, it is the type locality and a one locality species named after Ewald Gerstmann, a colorful character who had amassed one of the greatest individual collections of ...
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