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sussexite Min.|ˈsʌsɪksaɪt| [f. Sussex, the name of a county in New Jersey + -ite1.] A basic borate of manganese and magnesium, (Mn,Mg)BO2OH, found as white or yellowish orthorhombic crystals, isomorphous with szaibelyite.
1868G. J. Brush in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XCVI. 140 (heading) New borate from Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey—sussexite. 1951C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (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[see hulsite]. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 699/1 Sussexite occurs as hydrothermal fibrous veinlets in the U.S. at Franklin, N.J., and Iron County, Michigan. |