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Blatterite With Manganosite Hausmannite & Katoptrite

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Blatterite With Manganosite Hausmannite & Katoptrite

Ex Ring collection, Munich, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Kitteln Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

Blatterite is a rare mn-borate, only described for the type locality Kitteln Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. A combination of serveral manganese minerals. The specimen hosts an elongated blatterite crystal of appr. 2 mm size.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blatterite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)2(Mn3+,Sb3+,Fe3+)(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.40
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Kitteln Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Manganosite

Formula: 
MnO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Hausmannite

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

Katoptrite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)13(Al,Fe3+)4Sb5+2(SiO4)2O20
Strunz: 
9.AE.40
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
red brown
Type Locality: 
Brattfors Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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