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Buserite & Vernadite & Asbolane

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Buserite & Vernadite & Asbolane

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Description
Locality: 
Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Analyzed manganese nodule consisting of buserite, vernadite and asbolane embedded in an acrylic bearer.

Analyzed by Dr. M. Murashko.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vernadite

Formula: 
(Mn4+,Fe3+,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2 · nH2O
Strunz: 
4.FE.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2 -
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Dark Brown, Black
Type Locality: 
Kusimovskoye, Bashkortostan Republic, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Asbolane

Formula: 
(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0

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