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Manganite

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Description
Locality: 
Le Haut-Poirot, Gérardmer, Vosges, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

Thick lustrous interpenetrated aggregates of divergent manganite crystals of black colour. Ex. René Virlet specimen. According to the associated label it is from the “Foret du Haut Poirot” and Mr. Virlet obtained it from the University of Liege, via Mr. Delferrière.

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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