Anomalite, Hastingsite
Specimen ID:R3L-EA6
Hastingsite :NaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
As recorded:
Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
5.5cm x 5.5cm x 4.5cm
weight: 80g
Collected by:
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“"Anomalite" pseudomorphs after augite, wrinkly patches are hastingsite (see Dunn, 1995). Collected from within dark brown saprolite on the saddle between the Passaic and Noble Pits, thus it was naturally "removed" from the enclosing calcite. Harold Moritz specimen.”
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