A complete 2 x 3 cm rosette of “radiating sussexite” with small, irregular masses of black, oxidized pyrochroite, in hydrothermally altered lean ore (chiefly calcite and dolomite with a few grains of franklinite) from the South limb of the North Orebody. Specimens of this quality are rare, and this example from Steven Phillips’ collection, which was specimen JEM 1482 in the collection of John MacDonald, probably predates the 1977 find shown in SSX4.
Identifier: SSX7a Locality: South limb of the North Orebody, Sterling mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg Specimen size: 9 x 6 x 5 cm Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek