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Let's Rock => Mineral Specimens => Topic started by: R.U. Sirius on July 30, 2022, 09:04:08 PM

Title: Rhodonite, calcite, franklinite
Post by: R.U. Sirius on July 30, 2022, 09:04:08 PM

I guess this would be rhodonite var. fowlerite, with some calcite (that small white patch lights up orange under UV), and - as evident by that small magnet stuck to the side - magnetite franklinite.

EDIT: originally I wrote that the black magnetic vein was magnetite, because I didn't know any better. It turns out that franklinite, more typically associated with fowlerite or rhodonite from New Jersey, is also magnetic.