Glaucochroite

CaMnSiO₄Strunz classification9.AC.05Dana classification51.3.2.3Crystal systemOrthorhombicIdentificationColorBluish-gray, pink, brown, or whiteFractureConchoidal, sub-conchoidalMohs scale hardness6LusterVitreous, sub-vitreous, resinousStreakwhiteOptical propertiesBiaxial (−)References^[1]

Glaucochroite is a calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral with formula CaMnSiO₄. It occurs in metamorphosed limestones.

It was first described in 1899 in Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey.

References

External links

• Webmineral.com
• Handbook of Mineralogy

BoratesCarbonatesOxides

Simple	Hausmannite Manganite Manganosite Nsutite Pyrolusite
Mixed	Birnessite Bixbyite Ferrocolumbite Ferrotantalite Galaxite Jacobsite Manganotantalite Psilomelane (calvonigrite) Romanèchite Tantalite Todorokite Umber

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