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Multiple photos availableKolicite : Mn2+7Zn4[(OH)8|(AsO4)2|(SiO4)2]

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

Kolicite - an orange 5 mm crystalline section within an approx 8 x 4 cm franklinite, willemite and calcite matrix and is associated with pink rhodochrosite, black pyrochroite, red holdenite and white chlorophoenicite.
 © Christopher O'NeillPhoto ID: 161700    View Count: 337

Kolicite : Mn2+7Zn4[(OH)8|(AsO4)2|(SiO4)2], Franklinite : Zn2+Fe3+2O4

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

Very small crystal of orange kolicite, 0.05 cm across, in franklinite. S276-01
Specimen courtesy of Excalibur Mineral Company.
 © 2007, JGWPhoto ID: 140668    View Count: 176

Multiple photos availableKolicite : Mn2+7Zn4[(OH)8|(AsO4)2|(SiO4)2]

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

FOV 1.2 x 1.5 mm. Modris B. coll (thanks to Ralph Thomas).
Small but fairly well formed xl.
The child photo shows an apparently different habit from the same vug.
Photo ID: 201493    View Count: 111

Kolicite : Mn2+7Zn4[(OH)8|(AsO4)2|(SiO4)2], Holdenite : (Mn2+,Mg)6Zn3[(OH)8|(AsO4)2|SiO4], Willemite : Zn2[SiO4], Franklinite : Zn2+Fe3+2O4

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

These rhombic-type kolicite crystals came from the 1200' level at the Sterling Hill Mine and formed in a fissure in the willemite/franklinite ore. The holdenite is as fractured pink crystal grains in the foreground with an unidentified carbonate. The field of view is 4cm by 6cm. If you zoom in on the center of the crystal cluster you will see ...
Photo ID: 249514    View Count: 40
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