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Hodgkinsonite

Hodgkinsonite is a rare zinc manganese silicate mineral Zn<sub>2</sub>MnSiO<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms radiating to acicular prismatic crystals with variable color from pink, yellow-red to deep red. Hodgkinsonite was discovered in 1913 by H. H. Hodgkinson, for whom it is named in Franklin, New Jersey, and it is only found in that area.

References

  • http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/hodgkinsonite.pdf Manual of Mineralogy
  • http://webmineral.com/data/Hodgkinsonite.shtml Webmineral
  • http://www.mindat.org/min-1913.html Mindat

External links

  • http://franklin-sterlinghill.com/palache/hodgkinsonite.stm