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Akatoreite & Tinzenite

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Akatoreite & Tinzenite

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Description
Locality: 
Akatore Creek, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

A small matrix piece with very rare masses of pinkish akatoreite with orange tinzenite and pink rhodochrosite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Akatoreite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)9Al2(HSi4O13)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
9.BH.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Akatore Creek, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Tinzenite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mn2+)2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

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