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Vernadite

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Vernadite

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Vernadite is a rare manganese-oxide mineral, forms well formed, grey metallic lance like crystals on matrix. Nice piece

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vernadite

Formula: 
(Mn4+,Fe3+,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2 · nH2O
Strunz: 
4.FE.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2 -
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Dark Brown, Black
Type Locality: 
Kusimovskoye, Bashkortostan Republic, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Loranth Minerals

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