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Manganite & Leverettite

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Manganite & Leverettite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Black manganite crystals on leverettite. Beautiful!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany

Leverettite

Formula: 
Cu3Co(OH)6Cl2
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile