Ferrostrunzite from Marlton, Burlington Co., NJ-And Its Relationship to Type Locality for Ferrolaueite

摘要

After more than forty (40) years of hawking minerals, it is with some skepticism (and often suspicion) that we at Excalibur approach the labeling of specimens. Unanswered questions and mysteries often crop up when trying to confirm old label information, particularly with reference to species identification and locality confirmation that we routinely undertake. Mineral News has published several articles on the general topic of deciphering such mysteries, and the historical searches are part of the joy of resolving label conundrums. Sometimes, we can successfully add one or more new minerals to a known locality, or occasionally document or refine a locality that has slipped away from modern recognition. In publishing those findings, Mineral News satisfies the need to add reliable documentation to the mineralogical literature. The following story is just one more example of how time-consuming such activities can become.