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Manganbabingtonite Quartz & Pyrite

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Manganbabingtonite Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

Lustrous black rosettes of manganbabingtonite both on and included in sharp quartz crystals and associated with small cubes of pyrite, collected from the Wollastonite Mine ( also known as the Daye Mine), Da Ye City, Hubei Province.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganbabingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn,Fe)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Rudnyi Kaskad deposit, Krasnokamensk ore field, Kuragin District, Sayan Mts, Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
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