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Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite

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Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Beautiful mangano-mangani-ungarettiite on pyroxmangite. B. Ternes specimen, rare mineral.

References: Blass, G., Graf, HW., Kolitsch, U., Sebold, D., Über neue Mineralfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, MW 6/2005; Blaß, G. & Kruijen, F. (2013): Die Mineralogischen Neuigkeiten aus der Vulkaneifel. Mineralien-Welt 24 (3), 33-41.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite

Formula: 
NaNa2(Mn2+2Mn3+3)(Si8O22)O2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales, Australia