Hodgkinsonite with Hetaerolite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey
Toenail, 3.5 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Start Time: 04/22/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/29/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Hodgkinsonite is a very rare manganese, zinc silicate found only in the Franklin Mining District of New Jersey. This piece is from the well knonwn New Jersey collection of Rich Kosnar and features small, sparkling, pinkish-orange color crystals of Hodgkinsonite with micro black Hetaerolite on typical Franklin matrix. A very cool representative specimen of this hard to find material.

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