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Name: Hollandite
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IMA Chemistry: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Hollandite contains elements:
Barium (Ba)
Manganese (Mn)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: India
Year First Published: 1906
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Named hollandite, though subsequently found to be ferrihollandite: Fermor L L (1906) Manganese in India, Transactions of the Mining and Geological Institute of India 1, 69-131 First report of true hollandite: Miura H (1986) The crystal structure of hollandite. Mineralogical Journal 13, 119-129 Redefined, and chemical formula revised from BaMn2+Mn4+7O16: Biagioni C, Capalbo C, Pasero M (2013) Nomenclature tunings in the hollandite supergroup. European Journal of Mineralogy 25, 85-90
Structural Group Name: Coronadite
Fleischer's Group Name: coronadite
Crystal Systems: monoclinic|tetragonal
Oldest Known Age: 2400 Million Years Ago
Mohs Hardness: 5.0
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