glaucochroite
Sign in to saveGlaucochroite is a calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral with formula . It occurs in metamorphosed limestones.
Key facts
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.AC.05
- Mineral.name
- Glaucochroite
- Mineral.category
- Silicate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Glaucochroite-270038.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Glaucochroite found in New Jersey
- Mineral.dana
- 51.3.2.3
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.color
- Bluish-gray, pink, brown, or white
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal, sub-conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 6
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, sub-vitreous, resinous
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (−)
- Mineral.streak
- white
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- sky blue
- Image
- Glaucochroite-270044.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Glc
- chemical formula
- CaMn²⁺(SiO₄)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/A.04
- Mohs' hardness
- 6
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AC.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AC.05
- type locality (geology)
- Franklin
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Commons category
- Glaucochroite
- time of discovery or invention
- 1899-00-00
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Glaucochroite is a calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral with formula . It occurs in metamorphosed limestones.
It was first described in 1899 in Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey.
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