NaFe3Al6B3Si6O27(OH)4
Hexagonal
Schorl, a sodium iron aluminum boron silicate hydroxide mineral of the tourmaline group, is rare at Sterling Hill and unknown from Franklin. The one occurrence is of a 3 cm radial spray of acicular crystals within feldspar, labeled as being from the open cut near the Noble Pit at Sterling Hill. They were verified by semi-quantitative microprobe analysis yielding SiO2 34, Al2O3 33, FeO 13, MgO 2.8, CaO <1, TiO2 1, MnO <1, Na2O 3 weight percent.
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