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glaucochroite

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Glaucochroite 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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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “glaucochroite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.