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Pyrochroite

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Pyrochroite

Ex coll. Lopatka - Wilke - Leicht (Kristalle) - Gaines
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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Brown-red aggregate of platy pyrochroite.

Specimen with a long and interesting provenance.

Ex collections of   Dr. E. Lopatka - Dr. H.-J. Wilke - W. Leicht (Kristalle) -

Richard V. Gaines

With all original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrochroite

Formula: 
Mn(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Pajsberg Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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