sussexiten.
/ˈsʌsɪksʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A basic borate of manganese and magnesium, (Mn,Mg)BO2OH, found as white or yellowish orthorhombic crystals, isomorphous with szaibelyite.
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1868 G. J. Brush in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 96 140 (heading) New borate from Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey—sussexite.
1951 C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 7) II. 375 The names sussexite and szaibelyite are applied to the halves of the series with Mn > Mg and Mg > Mn, respectively.
1954 Amer. Mineralogist 39 524 X-ray powder photographs of ludwigite, paigeite, pinakiolite, hulsite, warwickite, sussexite, and camsellite were taken.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 699/1 Sussexite occurs as hydrothermal fibrous veinlets in the U.S. at Franklin, N.J., and Iron County, Michigan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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