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Name: Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
Pys-Mn
IMA Chemistry: Mn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Pyrosmalite-(Mn) contains elements:
Manganese (Mn)
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Chlorine (Cl)
Country of Type Locality: USA
Year First Published: 1953
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Frondel C, Bauer L H (1953) Manganpyrosmalite and its polymorphic relation to friedelite and schallerite, American Mineralogist 38, 755-760 Name changed from manganpyrosmalite : Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135
Structural Group Name: Pyrosmalite, Clay
Fleischer's Group Name: pyrosmalite
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 2725 Million Years Ago
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