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Manganite

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Description
Locality: 
Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4 × 3.3 cm
Description

Aggregate of divergent acicular crystals of manganite to 22 mm with good black lustrous colour. They are filling cracks with white baryte in a highly silicified rock. The specimen has been analysed by RAMAN and the analyses will be given to the buyer. Self-collected in August 27th/2015  near Taourirt (East Morocco) in a prospection trip. We will be back for sure!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany

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