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Adelite

#DS47375
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Adelite from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States - DS47375
Adelite from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States - DS47375

Adelite

#DS47375
Availability
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Size
5 x 4 x 4 cm - Miniature 
Formula
CaMgAsO4(OH) (RRUFF)
Locality
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States
Tagged
arsenate

Adelite is rare and this specimen has not been confirmed. Descriptions by Dunn and others are not real helpful or definitive. No crystals. I assume it is allegedly the reddish brown in-filling between the Franklinite. Suspect specimen. No return.

Adelite

Formula
CaMgAsO4(OH) 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Massive 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Resinous 
Color
blue gray, green, gray, yellow, light green 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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Shultz Collection
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