Schallerite



A large auge (8 mm in diameter) of schallerite from the specimen shown in photo SCH4b, showing a thin schallerite rim around a core of barite.  Several other augen are visible to the left but are seen almost edgewise due to the irregular shape of the specimen surface.

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SCH4, brown schallerite, rhodonite, white barite, white calcite on franklinite-willemite-calcite ore, Franklin mine, Franklin NJ

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Identifier: SCH4c
Locality: Franklin mine, Franklin
Specimen size: 8.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm
Photo credit: Richard Schnurr (Fox Tail Images)