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Tephroite Rhodonite

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Tephroite Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Hamayokokawa Mine, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

Olivegreen-grayish Tephroite with pink Rhodonite, an unusually nice color combination for these minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tephroite

Formula: 
Mn2+2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Forms short prismatic crystals.
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Pale gray
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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