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Chalcophanite

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Chalcophanite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm
Description

Tabular crystals of lusterous purplish black chalcophanite crystals cover thin stalactites of coronadite and other manganese oxides from the old 350 foot level of the Proprietary Mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcophanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Earthstones Australia

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