Fibrous, white-to-pinkish sussexite coating black, oxidized pyrochroite in an esthetically appealing and unusual, perhaps unique, specimen from Franklin. The sussexite locally becomes lavender in color and cherty in texture toward its contacts with the pyrochroite, as seen in the photograph. This extraordinary piece, once no. 754 in the collection of Richard Hauck, is now in Earl Verbeek’s collection as specimen ERV-1910.
Identifier: SSX25a Locality: Franklin mine, Franklin Specimen size: 15 x 10 x 5.5 cm Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek