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Tinzenite With Kutnohorite

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QRI1046193

Tinzenite With Kutnohorite

Former coll. Christian Mavris

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Description
Locality: 
Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 8 × 5.2 cm
Weight: 
613.00gr
Description

Significant plate of manganese ore hosting a large druzy of orange platy tinzenite, associated to quartz and locally some minor creamy kutnohorite.

An excellent oldtimer specimen from Molinello mine, which has provided with world class tinzenite.

This specimen dates back to the mid 90s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Kutnohorite

Formula: 
Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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