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Taneyamalite

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Taneyamalite

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Description
Locality: 
Taneyama Mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto, Kyushu Region, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

Brownish green orientated taneyamalite, a mineral of the deerite-howieite group, from the type locality. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Taneyamalite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)(Mn,Mg,Fe)12Si12(O,OH)44
Strunz: 
9.DH.65
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan