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Hydrozincite from
Passaic Pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


Description
Colour:White
UV Fluorescence:Bright blue (SW).
Quality of samples:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Common knowledge of local collectors and museum officials.
Comments
Occurs as films and coatings in weathered ore zones within the folds of the Sterling Hill orebody. A notable occurrence in the early 1990's was as veinlets of hydrozincite with copper minerals coursing through red-fluorescent calcite boulders.
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