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Woodruffite

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Woodruffite

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Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.6 × 4 cm
Description

Simply beautiful woodruffite. Freestanding metallic needles form spherical aggregates that fills a big vug in limonitic matrix. A sough after for this kind of mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Woodruffite

Formula: 
Zn(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·3½H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.25
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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