Mineral: Zincite
Locality: Furnace Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Dimensions: 2,5 x 5,0 x 3,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size : 2,3 cm Opaque, dark red crystal in the shape of a hexagonal pyramid and clearly exhibiting hemihedry; on its front face the crystal has been extricated from the hodgkinsonite in which it had developed. MIM number 1475 Photographer : FMI / James Elliott Publication: "Rocks & Minerals: Vol. 98, No.6 Nov/Dec 2023"

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