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Wad

ex. Hauser collection

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Description
Locality: 
Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

Wad is a soft manganese hydroxide/oxide and appears in black to greyish crusts. Interesting specimen with two labels from 1953.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wad

Mixture Of: 

Manganese Oxides

Hardness: 
1 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black, blue-black, brown
Streak: 
Black, bluish black, brownish black