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Hodgkinsonite - Sold
- Franklin mine
- Franklin
- Sussex County
- New Jersey
- U.S.A.
- 4.0 by 3.5 by 3.4 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Hodgkinsonite is a magnesium manganese silicate mineral. Palache & Schaller (1913) named the mineral after Harold H. Hodgkinson (1886-1947), who discovered the mineral.
Hogkinsonite here forms a compact crystalline vein in dense franklinite-willemite ore. There is an open pocket showing in the vein with gemmy hodgkinsonite crystals to 2 mm. Hodgkinsonite has a rich pink color, caused by its manganese content. Good example!
