pyroxmangite
Sign in to savePyroxmangite has the general chemical formula of MnSiO3. It is the high-pressure, low-temperature dimorph of rhodonite.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Pyroxmangite
- Mineral.category
- Inosilicate minerals (single chain)
- Mineral.group
- Pyroxene group
- Mineral.series
- Pyroxferroite-Pyroxmangite series
- Mineral.image
- Pyroxmangite-261781.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Pyroxmangite from Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
- Mineral.formula
- MnSiO3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Pxm
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.DO.05
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 9.69 Å, b = 10.5 Å, c = 17.39 Å; α = 112.17°, β = 102.85°, γ = 82.93°; V = 1,596.00 Å3; Z = 28
- Mineral.color
- pink, red, brown
- Mineral.twinning
- Lamellar on {010}, simple on {001}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {110}, {10}, (110) ^ (10) = 92° poor on {010}, {001}
- Mineral.fracture
- hackly, uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- brittle
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Pyroxmangite-t06-329c.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DO.05
- Commons category
- Pyroxmangite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.DO.05
- chemical formula
- MnSiO₃
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Pxm
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/D.14
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{{infobox mineral | name = Pyroxmangite | category = Inosilicate minerals (single chain) | group = Pyroxene group | series = Pyroxferroite-Pyroxmangite series | image = Pyroxmangite-261781.jpg | caption = Pyroxmangite from Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan | formula = MnSiO3 | IMAsymbol = Pxm | strunz = 9.DO.05 | system = Triclinic | class = Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = C | unit cell = a = 9.69 Å, b = 10.5 Å, c = 17.39 Å; α = 112.17°, β = 102.85°, γ = 82.93°; V = 1,596.00 Å3; Z = 28 | color = pink, red, brown | twinning = Lamellar on {010}, simple on {001} | cleavage = Perfect on {110}, {10}, (110) ^ (10) = 92° poor on {010}, {001} | fracture = hackly, uneven | tenacity = brittle | mohs = – 6 | luster = vitreous, pearly | birefringence = δ=0.018 | streak = colorless | gravity = 3.8 | density = | other = morphology: tabular crystals, granular massive, grainy | diaphaneity = transparent, translucent | references = }}
Pyroxmangite has the general chemical formula of MnSiO3. It is the high-pressure, low-temperature dimorph of rhodonite.