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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