Pitticite
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Pitticite, solid resinous-appearing shiny dark brown mass on a thin corroded limestone base.
400 foot level, White Caps Mine (see video)
NB. Given its current stability, this was probably collected from the original occurrence in the mid-1920's; see: Foshag,W.F. & Clinton,H.G., 1927, An Occurrence of Pitticite in Nevada, American Mineralogist, ...
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