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Sussexite (rare borate - Type Locality) Whitmore Coll.
- Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
- Small Cabinet, 9.1 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm
- Start Time: 08/05/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Sussexite is a very rare borate named after the famous type localities in Sussex County - the Franklin and Sterling Hill orebodies. It occurs as veinlets and masses with a felted or matted fibrous structure, also parallel-fibrous or transverse-fibrous veinlets or as chert-like masses. This elongated, variably brown specimen is definitely chert-like in appearance and structure. This is a very rare and rich form of this uncommon varietal. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection # 1471, with a 1984 date.