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Spessartine Braunite & Hausmannite

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Spessartine Braunite & Hausmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Paros Island, Paros, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Very fine specimen of cherry red spessartine crystals in matrix cavity along with massive manganese minerals (analysis showed braunite and hausmannite).Such specimens are limited in number and are considered classics.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Braunite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
Strunz: 
9.AG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Hausmannite

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

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