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Manganosite

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Manganosite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with some partial crystals (!) of manganosite in matrix along with the typical striated dark emerald-green patches and sheared crystals. The specimen shows a few dark brown, octahedral crystals of the species which is very rare! Very rich piece from the David Burgess collection. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganosite

Formula: 
MnO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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