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Manganhumite, a new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Paul Brian Moore
Paul Brian Moore*
Affiliation:
Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A.
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Summary

Manganhumite, orthorhombic, a 10·54(1), b 21·45(2), c 4·822(9) Å, space group Pnma, Z = 4, (Mn0·68Mg0·30Fe0·01Ca0·01)7(OH)2(SiO4)3, is the manganese analogue of humite whose type locality is the Brattfors mine, Nordmark, Province of Värmland, Sweden. It is a skarn assemblage mineral and occurs with katoptrite, manganostibite, magnussonite, galaxite, etc., which replace manganosite grains in magnetite-manganosite ore.

The mineral is biaxial (+), α = 1·707(3), β = 1·712(3), 7 = 1·732(3), 2V7(obs.) = 37(4)° r > v perceptible, cleavage {010} perfect, hardness = 4, specific gravity = 3·83(5). The five strongest powder lines are 1·777(10), 2·500(7), 3·371(6), 2·628(6), and 1·525(6).

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 42 , Issue 321 , March 1978 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1978

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