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Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)

 
Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)

Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)

Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite from Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 43687
Mineral:Epidote-(Pb), Clinohedrite, Prehnite
Locality:Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality for Epidote-(Pb) and Clinohedrite)
Description:Brick-red epidote-(Pb) crystals up to 0.5 mm with scattered pinkish clinohedrite and colorless prehnite. Epidote-(Pb) was formerly called Hancockite but was recently (and arbitrarily) renamed by the autocrats at the IMA. Ex. Don Belsher
Overall Size:4x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-0.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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