1.9" Metallic, Needle-Like Pyrolusite Cystals - Morocco

Metallic, Needle-Like Pyrolusite Cystals - Morocco #88929

This is a lustrous cluster of radiating silver pyrolusite from Morocco. The specimen features several radiating sprays of these shiny, metallic crystals on a red-brown matrix.

Pyrolusite is a mineral consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2) and is important as an ore of manganese. It has a silvery metallic luster, a black or bluish-black streak, and readily soils the fingers. It commonly is found in finely packed fibrous, acicular, and radial forms composed of very fine needles or fibers.

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SPECIES

Pyrolusite

LOCATION

Imini Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco

SIZE

1.9" Long

1.9" Metallic, Needle-Like Pyrolusite Cystals - Morocco

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