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- Locality
- Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
- Formula
- Mn2+S
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x5x6cm
Large brown specimen with crude cubic crystals.
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- Sold
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- Uchucchacua mine, Oyon prov., Lima dept., Peru
- Formula
- Mn2+S
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x4x3cm
- Tagged
- ore mineral , sulfide
Alabandite is not the typical manganese ore. It usually does not occur in minable quantities. However, Alabandite may be in large quantities in epithermal polymetallic sulfide vein and also especially in low-temperature manganese deposits.
This specimen contains partial dull black crystals to 1.4cm.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Formula
- Mn2+S
- Size
- Cabinet 9.5x6x3.5cm
Dull dark grey long strands of Alabandite crystals to over 3cm. This is by all accounts a very nice, choice, specimen.
A note from a fine mineralogist:
First, no Alabandite was found at the Proprietary (Broken Hill Proprietary; BHP) Mine at Broken Hill. It is probably from the Zinc Corp. (ZC) Mine, 20st Level at Broken Hill. This is where these "Plumrose Spray" crystal groups were found. Second, current research has now found that these "Plumrose Spray" crystal groups are actually Alabandite pseudomorphs of Ramberite crystals not native Alabandite crystals.
