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Hemimorphite var. Calamine from Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Hemimorphite var. Calamine from Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey

Hemimorphite var. Calamine from Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey

Hemimorphite var. Calamine from Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 53049
Mineral:Hemimorphite var. Calamine
Locality:Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Transparent colorless hemimorphite crystals in flattened aggregates to 12 mm, known by the miners as maggot ore. The specimen edges exhibit the hemimorphite crystals in banded layers of prismatic crystals with brown internal zones. Ex. John E. MacDonald (1933-2009) collection #1006
Overall Size:8.5x5.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:5-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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