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VIII - Inosilicates
Crystal habit of Pyroxmangite

 
Name   Pyroxmangite
Chemistry   (Fe,Mn)7[Si7O21]
Hardness   5.5 - 6
Lustre   vitreous - pearly
Colour   pink, pinkish red, yellowish brown, brown
Streak   white 
Density [g/cm3]   3.6 - 3.8
Crystal habit   triclinic
Cleavage, Fracture   [100] perfect
other characteristics and occurrences   in manganese bearing metamorphic rocks, often together with rhodonite (CaMn4[Si5O15]), also formed in blast furnace slags
   

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