janggunite
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Janggunite is a rare manganese oxide mineral with the chemical formula .
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Within Vinony's link graph, janggunite is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to South Korea, manganese and digital object identifier.
It sits within the topics Hydroxide minerals, Manganese minerals and Minerals described in 1975.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- oxide class of minerals
- Image
- Janggunite-purplesky.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.FG.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.FG.05
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Commons category
- Janggunite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Jgn
- chemical formula
- Mn₅-x(Mn,Fe)₁+xO₈(OH)₆
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{{infobox mineral | name = Janggunite | image = Janggunite-purplesky.jpg | alt = | caption = Janggunite found in South Korea | category = Oxide mineral | formula = {{chem2|Mn_{5−x}(Mn,Fe)_{1+x}O8(OH)6}} | IMAsymbol = Jgn | strunz = 4.FG.05 | dana = | system = Orthorhombic | symmetry = Pman | unit cell = a = 9.324, b =14.05 c = 7.956 [Å], Z = 4 | molweight = | color = Black | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = Perfect, one direction | fracture = | tenacity = Fragile | mohs = 2 - 3 | luster = Dull | streak = Brownish black to dark brown | diaphaneity = | gravity = 3.59 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | references = }} Janggunite is a rare manganese oxide mineral with the chemical formula {{chem2|Mn_{5−x}(Mn,Fe)_{1+x}O8(OH)6}}.
It was first described in 1975 for an occurrence in the Janggun mine, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and named for the locality.
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