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Groutite

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Description
Locality: 
Bülten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

A German classic; groutite from the Emilie Mine (or Bulten-Adenstedt Mine). This excellent specimen has a very rich coverage of highly lustrous black groutite crystals on a manganese-oxide matrix associated with some clusters of pale pink calcite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Groutite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sagamore Mangan No. 2 pit, Ironton, Cuyuna North Range, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, USA
Cartils Minerals

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