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Cerchiaraite-(Mn) & Namansilite

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Cerchiaraite-(Mn) & Namansilite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

many nice green needles of cerchiaraite and red needles of namansilite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerchiaraite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ba4Mn4Si6(O,OH,Cl)26
Strunz: 
9.CF.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy

Namansilite

Formula: 
NaMn3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
brown-red
Type Locality: 
Dzhavodi Area, Ir-Nimi manganese deposit, Taikan Ridge, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

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