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Quartz Psm Manganite

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Quartz Psm Manganite

ex collection Eugen Kreidler
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Rossbach Mine, Puderbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very rare pseudomorph of colorless quartz after manganite. I know of just two existing specimen. And this is the second.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Manganite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany

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