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Mendigite

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Description
Locality: 
Niedermendig, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Very rare black fibrous mendigite, Mn analogue of bustamite. 

Type locality!

References: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Van, K.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Pekov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Schüller W. and Ternes, B. (2014) Mendigite, IMA 2014- 007. CNMNC Newsletter No. 20, June 2014, page 556; Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558.; Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Van, K.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Pekov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Schüller, W., Ternes, B. (2015): Mendigite, Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2, a new mineral species from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany. Zapiski RMO, 144(2), 48-60

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mendigite

Formula: 
Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany