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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

An open cavity lined with stacks of hexangonal pyrosmalite Mn crystals, also known as manganpyrosmalite, from the 18 level of the Zinc Corporation Mine.

One of the rarer and most sort after species from Broken Hill.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Strunz: 
9.EE.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Earthstones Australia

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