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Manganosite

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Description
Locality: 
Kitteln Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Intense green manganosite from the Kittelgruvan, Nordmark. A crack is visible, but the specimen is still intact and was not repaired and seems to be stable. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganosite

Formula: 
MnO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany