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Calcite Over Hausmannite

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Calcite Over Hausmannite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Weight: 
62.00gr
Description

This is a beautiful Calcite & Hausmannite specimen. Calcite covered with Hausmannite at the bottom.  Fluorescent in pink.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Hausmannite

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