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Mn-oxide pseudomorph after Rhodochrosite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Mn-oxide pseudomorph after Rhodochrosite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 41264
Mineral:Mn-oxide pseudomorph after Rhodochrosite
Locality:Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Black-brown manganese-oxide pseudomorph after a prismatic rhodochrosite crystal 132 mm long. The pseudomorph is complete all around, and has no matrix attached. The exact species is unknown, though it is most likely cryptomelane.
Overall Size:13x6x6 mm
Crystals:13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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