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Manganite (TL)

Manganite (TL)

Drawer M-MN0576

$200.00 USD

Locality:

Manganese Deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Noedhausen District, Thuringia, Germany

Dimensions:

1.5 x 1 x 2cm

Size:

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Ilfeld, in Germany’s Harz Mountains, is a classic historic locality for manganite. The manganese deposits here were mined in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the locality became especially important to mineralogy because manganite was first described from Ilfeld.

This piece is a Type Locality, marking Ilfeld as one of the defining localities for the mineral species. This gives specimens from Ilfeld particular historical importance beyond their appearance.
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