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Psilomelane Var Wad

Ex Dr A Krantz (Bonn Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Prony Bay, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Very nice specimen with botroidal manganese oxide on matrix. Could also be asbolane, but is labeled as Wad which is a synonym for poorly crystallized manganese oxides.

From Dr. August Krantz (dating between 1850 and 1888) - a rare one.

The locale Mont-Dore is a guess .. the label only says New Caledonia, but asbolane is described from the Prony Bay occurrence.

Really nice.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wad

Mixture Of: 

Manganese Oxides

Hardness: 
1 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black, blue-black, brown
Streak: 
Black, bluish black, brownish black

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