hodgkinsonite
Sign in to saveHodgkinsonite is a rare zinc manganese silicate mineral Zn2MnSiO4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms radiating to acicular prismatic crystals with variable color from pink, yellow-red to deep red. Hodgkinsonite was discovered in 1913 by H. H. Hodgkinson, for whom it is named in Franklin, New Jersey, and it is only found in that area.
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AE.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AE.20
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hgk
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- Hodgkinsonite
- chemical formula
- Mn²⁺Zn₂(SiO₄)(OH)₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/A’.01
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Hodgkinsonite is a rare zinc manganese silicate mineral Zn2MnSiO4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms radiating to acicular prismatic crystals with variable color from pink, yellow-red to deep red. Hodgkinsonite was discovered in 1913 by H. H. Hodgkinson, for whom it is named in Franklin, New Jersey, and it is only found in that area.
==References== http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/hodgkinsonite.pdf Manual of Mineralogy http://webmineral.com/data/Hodgkinsonite.shtml Webmineral http://www.mindat.org/min-1913.html Mindat ==External links== http://franklin-sterlinghill.com/palache/hodgkinsonite.stm