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| Name: | Serandite Srd |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #407: Serandite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #1159: Calcite / Serandite / Aegirine Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #1186: Serandite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada |
| IMA Chemistry: | NaMn2+2Si3O8(OH) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Serandite contains elements: Sodium (Na) Manganese (Mn) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Guinea |
| Year First Published: | 1931 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
| Status Notes: | Lacroix À (1931) Les pegmatites de la syénite sodalitique de l'île Rouma (archipel de Los, Guinée française). Description d'un nouveau minéral (sérandite) qu'elles renferment), Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 192, 189-194 Spelling of name changed from sérandite to serandite: Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 28. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015. Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859-1864 |
| Structural Group Name: | Pectolite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | wollastonite |
| Crystal Systems: | triclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2500 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 5.25 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
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