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Hausmannite

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Hausmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is a fantasic old hausmannite specimen from the famous German locality.

Lustrous sharp hausmannite octahedrons to 7 mm.

Beautiful.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hausmannite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany