Manganocummingtonite  Mineral Data

Manganocummingtonite Mineral Data

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General Manganocummingtonite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe+++)5Si8O22(OH)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 848.70 gm
   Sodium      6.77 %  Na    9.13 % Na2O
   Magnesium  11.46 %  Mg   19.00 % MgO
   Manganese   3.24 %  Mn    4.18 % MnO
   Iron        6.58 %  Fe    9.41 % Fe2O3
   Silicon    26.47 %  Si   56.64 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    0.24 %  H     2.12 % H2O
   Oxygen     45.24 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.47 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: NaNa1.5Mn2+0.5Mg4Fe3+(Si8O22)(OH)2
Help on Environment: Environment: Forms a series with Manganogrunerite (Dannemorite).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Renamed IMA 2003, Formerly Tirodite 1938
Help on Locality: Locality: Tirodi, Madhya Pradesh, India. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Renamed IMA 2003, Formerly Tirodite (1938). Named after its locality.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Tirodite - Renamed
 

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Manganocummingtonite

Comments: Dark green fibrous manganocummingtonite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Manganocummingtonite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.5394:1:0.2944
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.704, b = 17.99, c = 5.297, Z = 2; beta = 103.51° V = 899.14 Den(Calc)= 3.13
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.72(1), 8.28(0.9), 9(0.9),3.06(0.8), 2.51(0.6), 3.24(0.6), 3.41(0.6), 2.96(0.5),
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Hawthorne F C , Grundy H D , The Canadian Mineralogist , 15 (1977) p.309-320, The crystal structure and site-chemistry of a zincian tirodite, by least-squares refinement of X-ray and mossbauer data

 

Physical Properties of Manganocummingtonite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {110} Perfect, {100} Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Brownish, Greenish white, Light green, Pink, Straw yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 3.07
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Fluorescent, Short UV=red to deep pink, Long UV=red to deep pink.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Manganocummingtonite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.053 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2066,KPDmeas= 0.2106,KC= 0.2182
Ncalc = 1.67 - 1.68
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.63-1.638, b=1.644-1.651, g=1.652-1.665, bire=0.0220-0.0270
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): colorless.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): colorless.
 

Calculated Properties of Manganocummingtonite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.04 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Manganocummingtonite =3.07 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.02
Boson Index = 0.98
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEManganocummingtonite = 4.13 barns/electron
U=PEManganocummingtonite x rElectron Density= 12.55 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Manganocummingtonite is Not Radioactive
 

Manganocummingtonite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 66.01.01.04 (66)Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2
  (66.01)with P=2 amphibole configuration
  (66.01.01)Group 1, the Mg-Fe-Mn-Li amphiboles (Monoclinic)
 
66.01.01.01 Magnesiocummingtonite (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.02 Cummingtonite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.03 Grunerite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.03b Permanganogrunerite! []Mn4(Fe)3(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.04 Manganocummingtonite Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.05 Manganogrunerite []Mn2Fe5Si8O22(OH) C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.06 Magnesioclinoholmquistite? Li2(Mg,Fe)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.07 Clinoholmquistite? [](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.08 Clinoferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.08a Ferri-clinoholmquistite! []Li2Mg3(Fe3)2(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.08b Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite! []Li2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.09 Sodic-ferripedrizite! Na(LiNa)(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.09a Ferripedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.09b Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.01.09c Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite! NaLi2(Mg2Al2Li)S5Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.DE.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)
  09.DE -Inosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4O11; amphibole family
 
09.DE.05 Ferro-anthophyllite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Anthophyllite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferrogedrite []Fe5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Gedrite []Mg5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Holmquistite [](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Cummingtonite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Clinoferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Grunerite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Magnesiocummingtonite (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Manganogrunerite []Mn2Fe5Si8O22(OH) C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Magnesioanthophyllite? (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite! (Mn,Fe)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodicgedrite NaMg6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferro-anthophyllite! NaFe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferrogedrite! NaFe6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodicanthophyllite NaMg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Permanganogrunerite! []Mn4(Fe)3(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protoferro-anthophyllite! (Fe,Mn)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite! NaLi2(Mg2Al2Li)S5Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Manganocummingtonite Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protoanthophyllite! (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite! []Li2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferripedrizite! Na(LiNa)(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferripedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 

Other Manganocummingtonite Information

Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Manganocummingtonite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Manganocummingtonite

Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe+++)5Si8O22(OH)2
Dana No: 66.01.01.04 Strunz No: 09.DE.05
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