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Tephroite Rhodonite & Todorokite

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Tephroite Rhodonite & Todorokite

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Description
Locality: 
Serrana Mine, El Molar, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

  A crystaline mass o f brown tephroite with rhodonite and black crust of todorokite from a classic Spain locality.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tephroite

Formula: 
Mn2+2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Forms short prismatic crystals.
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Pale gray
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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

Todorokite

Formula: 
(Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Todoroki mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaido, Japan

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