Sussexite

Radiating laths of purplish sussexite, with a splintery to fibrous texture, from the South limb of the North Orebody at Sterling Hill. This find was made in 1977 by drill runner John Anderson and comes from below the 2250 level in 3 pillar. Similar material, with partial and complete rosettes of sussexite, was known previously from the NOB but is rare; see SSX7 for an example. So far none of the earlier specimens have come with a location or date, but probably were collected earlier in an adjacent stope. The 1977 find yielded on the order of 20 to 30 specimens and is the most prolific. This specimen of “radiating sussexite,” with a complete rosette about 5 cm in diameter, was collected in situ by Richard C. Bostwick and is in his collection.

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