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Variscite & Pyrolusite

Minresco
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Nsuta Mine, Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

This is a bit of an oddity.   Purple spherules on manganese matrix from Ghana.   The Minresco labeled the specimen variscite, but I can find no reports of variscite or phosphates from the locality.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Pyrolusite

Formula: 
MnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 6.5

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