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Ribbeite & Hausmannite

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Ribbeite & Hausmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Pale pink transparent to translucent granular crystalline aggregate of nearly pure ribbeite from the type locality associated with black hausmannite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ribbeite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.65
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Hausmannite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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