Hausmannite
Shimobe, Minobu city, Minami-Koma county, Yamanashi pref., Japan
Source for manganese
Field of view: 50 mm. Massive hausmannite. The reddish-brown to dark brown specimen is aggregate of fine hausmannite crystals.
Recovered from a mudstone-hosted Cu-Mn deposit subjected to Zeolite facies metamorphism.
Hausmannite from this location was described in 1982.
Other localities
- Taguchi Mine (Bedded Mn, AM facies)
- Kiyokawa Mine (Bedded Mn, Zeo facies)
- Kusama Mine (Bedded Mn, Zeo facies)
- Kurokawa Mine (Mn skarn)
- Mogurazawa Mine (Mn skarn)