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Romanèchite

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Romanèchite

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Locality: 
Black Beauty Claim, Luis Lopez, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very good example of romanechite, a barium-manganese-oxide, with a very rich coverage on front and backside of velvety black acicular crystals in spherical aggregates.

Mineral Data
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Romanèchite

Formula: 
(Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Cartils Minerals

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