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Rhodonite Pyroxmangite & Manganocummingtonite

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Rhodonite Pyroxmangite & Manganocummingtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Serrana Mine, El Molar, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

  Crystaline mass of red rhodonite and piroxmanganite with black manganocummingtonite in the border of the specimen.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Pyroxmangite

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

Manganocummingtonite

Formula: 
☐{Mn2+2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
nd
Streak: 
nd
Type Locality: 
Tirodi Mine, Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India

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