Jeffersonite is a variety of the mineral augite. For information about augite please click the article tab at the top of the page, or click -here-.

Jeffersonite is a variety of augite that contains zinc and manganese. Jefferonite was first originally described from a location in the Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg in Sussex County, New Jersery, USA.

Jeffersonite can only be found in one place in the world. The map below shows major documented concentrations of jeffersonite:

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