Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Tephroite
- Mineral.category
- Silicate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Tephroite Manganese silicate Kaao Mine Tochigi-ken Honshu Japan 1816.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Tephroite from Japan
- Mineral.formula
- Mn2SiO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Tep
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnma (no. 62)
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 4.88(2) Å, b = 10.61(2) Å c = 6.24(2) Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Olive-green, bluish green, gray, °esh-red, reddish brown; pale green in thin section, may be colorless
- Mineral.habit
- Crystals typically short, prismatic, to 4 cm, or anhedral, equidimensional. Commonly in disseminated grains, compact, or massive.
- Mineral.twinning
- Uncommon on {011}
- Mineral.cleavage
- {010}, distinct; {001}, imperfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven to conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 6
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous to greasy
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- color
- Image
- Tephroite and Willemite - Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Tep
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/A.03
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AC.05
- Commons category
- Tephroite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AC.05
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- solid solution series with
- forsterite
- chemical formula
- Mn²⁺₂SiO₄
- Mohs' hardness
- 6
Sources (2)
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Article · Español
La tefroíta es un mineral de la clase de los nesosilicatos, y dentro de esta pertenece al llamado “grupo del olivino”. Fue descubierta en 1823 en una mina de Franklin, en el estado de Nueva Jersey (EE. UU.), siendo nombrada así del griego tephros -ceniza-, en alusión a su color. Un sinónimo poco usados es: peridoto-mangánico.
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