Pyroxmangite

Item Description

Pyroxmangite is a fairly rare high-temperature manganese silicate mineral, which is rarely found in fine crystallized examples, but those from the Taguchi Mine are some of the most well-known and well-formed pieces ever found. This piece is a good representative specimen featuring a handful of translucent, rich pinkish-red colored crystals measuring up to 5 mm, sitting on what appears to be massive pinkish manganese silicate matrix (likely additional Pyroxmangite, but perhaps Alleghanyite?).
Ex George Loud Collection No. 3855; 65.6.1.1 JA.1. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
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