Hetaerolite with Hodgkinsonite and Zincite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

Hetaerolite is a fairly uncommon tetragonal zinc manganese oxide, and 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, black crystals of Hetaerolite with pale purplish crystals of Hodgkinsonite and micro "needles" or "fibers" of white Chlorophoenicite on bright orange crystallized Zincite on typical Franklin matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to better illustrate their quality. A very cool micro association specimen of this hard to find material.