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Pyrosmalite-(Mn) - Takanosu mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (#:MINS9169)

Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (manganpyrosmalite) crystals up to 3 mm.

Formula :
(Mn2+)8[(Cl,OH)10/Si6O15]

System: trigonal Hardness:4-4½ Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:VIII/H.28-10 - SILICATES
Name origin: Named in 1808 by Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann from the Greek πυρ = fire and οσμη = smell, because of the strong odor the mineral gives off when strongly heated. Renamed by IMA with a suffix -Fe, indicating its relationship to pyrosmalite-(Mn).

Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size: 20mm x 18 mm x 20 mm

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