Manganese Carbonate – Ultra-Pure Powder, <5 µm

“The violet-maker’s secret – the cleanest, pinkest MnCO₃ on Earth.”

⚗️ Museum-Grade Rhodochrosite-Derived MnCO₃

Sourced from the legendary Sweet Home Mine pocket (Colorado) lineage, then chemically reconstituted to 99.9% purity and micronized to D50 <5 µm. This is NOT dirty brown ore concentrate – this is the pink powder that turns glazes into volcanic sunsets and bodies into deep cosmic blacks.

🌋 Glaze & Color Applications That Stop Scrolls

Volcanic Purple-Pink (Cone 6–10)

3–6% = glowing raspberry

8–12% + high zinc = true Tenné’s purple

Deep Metallic Black (Cone 04–6)

10–15% in iron-bearing clay = oil-slick obsidian

Stronger and cleaner than any black iron/cobalt combo

Crystalline Glazes

The only MnCO₃ pure enough for giant snowflake crystals without brown cores

Porcelain & Whiteware

0.5–2% = warm peach-pink tint (think old English tea rose)

Glass & Enamels

Cleanest purple decolorizer – no iron yellowing

Used by Steuben revivalists for amethyst formulas

Lab & Battery Precursor

Direct precursor for NMC, LiMn₂O₄ – <10 ppm Na, K, Ca