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Pyrosmalite-(Fe) - Monchi Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
(#:MINS7889)
Specimen rich of green hexagonal prismes of rare Pyrosmalite-(Fe) up to 2 mm with dark green amphibole in very nice sprays.Old material difficoult to find nowadays on the market.
Formula :
(Mn
2+
)
8
[(Cl,OH)
10
/Si
6
O
15
]
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:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm wide
Overall size: 60mm x 32 mm x 23 mm
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