johannsenite
Sign in to saveJohannsenite is a silicate mineral that is a member of the pyroxene family. The mineral can be produced in limestone or due a metamorphic process. The mineral is also associated with Pb-Zn mineralization.
Key facts
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- Mineral.name
- Johannsenite
- Mineral.image
- file:Johannsenite-233188.jpg
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Jhn
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.color
- blue-green, grey-white, dark brown, colourless
- Mineral.mohs
- 6
- Mineral.streak
- white
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- pyroxene
- Image
- Johannsenite-233188.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Jhn
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/D.01b
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.DA.15
- Commons category
- Johannsenite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DA.15
- solid solution series with
- diopside
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Campiglia Marittima
- chemical formula
- CaMn²⁺Si₂O₆
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Occurrence
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Johannsenite is a silicate mineral that is a member of the pyroxene family. The mineral can be produced in limestone or due a metamorphic process. The mineral is also associated with Pb-Zn mineralization.
It is a relatively rare material. but is said to be abundant in the Aravaipa region of Arizona. It is commonly found as a spherulite like aggregate.
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