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Pyroxmangite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Taguchi Mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Good sample of the uncommon high-temperature manganese silicate pyroxmangite as a bright dark pink to cherry red crystalline mass.
From the long-abandoned Taguchi Mine, a classic locality for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxmangite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DO.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Cartils Minerals

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