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Strakhovite Namansilite & Taikanite

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Strakhovite Namansilite & Taikanite

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhavodi, Ir-Nimi, Taikan Ridge, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Glassy dark olive-green strakhovite crystal aggregtaes associated to namansilite and taikanite after the original label.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strakhovite

Formula: 
NaBa3(Mn,Mn)4Si6O19(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.CF.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Dzhavodi Area, Ir-Nimi manganese deposit, Taikan Ridge, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Namansilite

Formula: 
NaMn3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
brown-red
Type Locality: 
Dzhavodi Area, Ir-Nimi manganese deposit, Taikan Ridge, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Taikanite

Formula: 
Sr3BaMn2+2(Si4O12)O2
Strunz: 
9.DH.25
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Dzhavodi Area, Ir-Nimi manganese deposit, Taikan Ridge, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

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