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Sursassite

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Sursassite

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Description
Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 3.1 cm
Description

This is a fairly large and rich piece of nice fibrous sursassite on black braunite ore, from the Type Locality. Sursassite is a rare manganese-aluminium-silicate mineral

 

Mineral Data
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Sursassite

Formula: 
Mn2+2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.BG.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland
Loranth Minerals

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