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Takanelite

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Description
Locality: 
Nomura Mine, Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Aggregate of black Takanelite from the type locality (Nomura Mine, Japan). It is an Ex. Georges Vanacker* specimen, who bought it in 1975.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Takanelite

Formula: 
(Mn,Ca)Mn4O9·H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Nomura mine, Nomura, Seiyo City, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan

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