Manganpyrosmalite

 
 
Origin: Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
 
  
Ex. Frank Edwards collection
Origin: Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden
Sample size: 5 x 8 cm, individual prismatic crystals up to 7 mm long (top), 8.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
 
  
Brownish orange, short hexagonal prisms, well-defined to 4 mm across face. Ex. Jack Parnau & Kaar Collection
Origin: Nordmark, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Sample size: 7 x 6.5 x 3 cm (top), 9 x 3 x 3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Manganpyrosmalite on johannsenite
  
Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (top), 6.1 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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