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Goethite Manganomelane & Pyrolusite

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Goethite Manganomelane & Pyrolusite

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Description
Locality: 
Eisenkaute Mine, Lautzenbrücken, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Old time specimen from the Eisenkaute Mine: highly lustrous botryoidal goethite is partly covered by a thin layer of manganomelane and hosts some short acicular black pyrolusite crystals on the backside.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Manganomelane

Synonym Of: 

Psilomelane

Pyrolusite

Formula: 
MnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 6.5

Wad

Hardness: 
1 - 6.5

Pyrolusite

Formula: 
MnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 6.5

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Best regards Roger