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Pyroxmangite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Yellow pyroxmangite crystals on matrix. Beautiful!

References: [Blass, G., Ternes, B., Über den Erstfund von Pyroxmangit vom Bellerberg bei Ettringen in der Vulkaneife, Mineralien-Welt 5/2, 41, 1994] [A. Wittern: Mineralfundorte in Deutschland, Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001]

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxmangite

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