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Hauerite

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Description
Locality: 
Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Really outstanding and very big for the species specimen of hauerite from the most typical locality for this manganese species, the Raddusa mine in Sicily, Italy.

Sharp and almost complete octahedron. 

Very rare to get nowadays in this quality from this famous and classic locality.

See the recent article in The Mineralogical Record:

Passarino, Giuseppe, Pellecchia, Marco, Miglioli, Antonio (2023) Hauerite from the Destricella mine near Raddusa, Catania, Sicily, Italy. The Mineralogical Record, 54 (4) 537-553

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauerite

Formula: 
MnS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalinka, Vígľašská Huta - Kalinka, Detva Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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