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|   |   | Name: Sussexite RRUFF ID: R130121 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pink massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R130121.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 3.191(1)Å    b: 10.610(1)Å    c: 12.747(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 96.58(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 428.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Sussexite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] | |
| Brush G J (1868) New borate from Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey - sussexite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 46, 140-140 [view file] | |
| Brush G J (1868) On sussexite, a new borate from Mine Hill, Franklin Furnace, Sussex Co., New Jersey, American Journal of Science and Arts, 46, 240-243 [view file] | |
| Hoffmann C, Armbruster T (1995) Crystal structure of a (001) twinned sussexite Mn2B2O4(OH)2 from the Kalahari Manganese Field South Africa, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 75, 123-133 | |
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