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mineral neosilicato

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Within Vinony's link graph, tefroíta is referenced by 77 other articles, and connects out to tantalite, silicate mineral and relative density.

It sits within the topics Manganese(II) minerals, Minerals in space group 62 and Nesosilicates.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Tephroite
Mineral.category
Silicate mineral
Mineral.image
Tephroite Manganese silicate Kaao Mine Tochigi-ken Honshu Japan 1816.jpg
Mineral.caption
Tephroite from Japan
Mineral.formula
Mn2SiO4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Tep
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Pnma (no. 62)
Mineral.unit cell
a = 4.88(2) Å, b = 10.61(2) Å c = 6.24(2) Å; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Olive-green, bluish green, gray, °esh-red, reddish brown; pale green in thin section, may be colorless
Mineral.habit
Crystals typically short, prismatic, to 4 cm, or anhedral, equidimensional. Commonly in disseminated grains, compact, or massive.
Mineral.twinning
Uncommon on {011}
Mineral.cleavage
{010}, distinct; {001}, imperfect
Mineral.fracture
Uneven to conchoidal
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle
Mineral.mohs
6
Mineral.luster
Vitreous to greasy

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Wikidata facts

Named after
color
Image
Tephroite and Willemite - Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA.jpg
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IMA Mineral Symbol
Tep
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A.03
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AC.05
Commons category
Tephroite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AC.05
solid solution series with
forsterite
chemical formula
Mn²⁺₂SiO₄
Mohs' hardness
6
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Article · Español

La tefroíta es un mineral de la clase de los nesosilicatos, y dentro de esta pertenece al llamado “grupo del olivino”. Fue descubierta en 1823 en una mina de Franklin, en el estado de Nueva Jersey (EE. UU.),​ siendo nombrada así del griego tephros -ceniza-, en alusión a su color. Un sinónimo poco usados es: peridoto-mangánico.

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