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A fact from Serandite appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 July 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that sérandite (pictured) was discovered in Guinea, described in a French journal, and the type material resides in Washington, D.C.?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/July.

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..."a contact metamorphosed terrigenous volcanogenic manganese deposit, which is to say..." Complete the sentence with a normal, well-prepared general reader clearly in mind, and the article will be rendered more acceptable in a general encyclopedia.--Wetman (talk) 00:53, 25 July 2012 (UTC).[reply]

What is a type material?

The article says the type material is in D.C., but it doesn't define what that is.

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 ..."a contact metamorphosed terrigenous volcanogenic manganese deposit, which is to say..."  Complete the sentence with a normal, well-prepared general reader clearly in mind, and the article will be rendered more acceptable in a general encyclopedia.--[[User:Wetman|Wetman]] ([[User talk:Wetman|talk]]) 00:53, 25 July 2012 (UTC).
+== What is a type material? ==
+The article says the type material is in D.C., but it doesn't define what that is.