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Hauerite

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Hauerite is a manganese sulfide mineral: MnS2. It forms reddish brown or black octahedral crystals and it is usually found associated with the sulfides of other transition metals such as rambergite. It was discovered in Austria and named after the mineralogists, J.R. Hauer and F. Hauer.