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Hausmannite & Alleghanyite

#PD31869

Hausmannite & Alleghanyite

#PD31869
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 6 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Mn2+Mn3+2O4 (RRUFF)
Locality
Hamayokokawa Mine, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Piece of rock composed of black Hausmannite and pinkish crystalline Alleghanyite. According to mindat.org this metamorphosed Mn deposit hosted in Paleozoic sediments is the largest ore body of this type and the mine has been closed since the mid-1960's.

Hausmannite

Formula
Mn2+Mn3+2O4 
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Granular, Pseudo Octohedral 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Sub Metallic 
Color
brownish black, grayish 
Streak
dark reddish brown 
Class
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
5.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection

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