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Ranciéite

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Ranciéite

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Description
Locality: 
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Rich coverage of bronce-rose metallic rancieite on dark brown limonite matrix.

Old-time specimen from the Harz Mts.

Mineral Data
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Ranciéite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)Mn4O9·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Le Rancié Mine, Sem, Vicdessos, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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